purulent

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French purulent, from Latin pūrulentus, from pūs (“pus”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpjʊəɹ(j)ʊlənt/

Adjective

purulent (comparative more purulent, superlative most purulent)

  1. (medicine) Consisting of pus.
  2. Leaking or seeping pus.
    purulent inflammation.
    • 1948, Aldous Huxley, Ape and Essence:
      Close-up of two rats gnawing at a mutton bone, of the flies on the purulent eyelids of a small girl.

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References

purulent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

French

Pronunciation

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Adjective

purulent (feminine singular purulente, masculine plural purulents, feminine plural purulentes)

  1. purulent
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