Purulent

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Containing, discharging, or causing the production of pus: a purulent infection.
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  • adj. Consisting of pus, or matter; partaking of the nature of pus; attended with suppuration; as, purulent inflammation.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Consisting of pus, or matter; partaking of the nature of pus; attended with suppuration.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Consisting of pus or matter; full of, resembling, or of the nature of pus; suppurating.
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  • adj. containing pus
    • Equivalent
    septic    infected   
    Cross Reference
    purulent pleurisy   
    Form
    mucopurulent   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    puslike    suppurative    mattery    festering    pussy    sanious   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    serous    mucoid    albuminous    asthma-related    gonorrhoeal    roughish    blancmange    subacid    glutinous    hemorrhagic   
     
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