purulent
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- Words With Friends
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- Letters
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/ˈpjʊəɹ(j)ʊlənt/
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/ˈpjʊəɹ(j)ʊlənt/ · /ˈpjʊəɹələnt/
Definition of purulent
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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Consisting of pus.
“Near-synonym: puriform”
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adj
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Consisting of pus.
“Near-synonym: puriform”
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Leaking or seeping pus.
“purulent inflammation”
“Close-up of two rats gnawing at a mutton bone, of the flies on the purulent eyelids of a small girl.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French purulent, from Latin pūrulentus, from pūs (“pus”).
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