n. The condition of containing or discharging pus.
n. Pus.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The quality or state of being purulent; the generation of pus; also, the pus itself.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The state of being purulent; the generation of pus or matter; pus, or its presence; suppuration.
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n. symptom of being purulent (containing or forming pus)
n. a fluid product of inflammation
Word Usage
"No, the purulence of a diseased sensibility, and its leakage into the blogosphere and elsewhere, will suffice: by the odour of decay you may know them."