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purulence
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun purulence has 2 senses
- purulence(n = noun.state) purulency - symptom of being purulent (containing or forming pus); Array is a kind of symptom
- purulence(n = noun.body) festering, ichor, pus, sanies, suppuration - a fluid product of inflammation; Array is a kind of bodily fluid, body fluid, humor, humour, liquid body substance
is a part of abscess
Derived form adjective purulent1
has particulars: gleet
CIDE DICTIONARY
purulence, n. [L. purulentia: cf. F. purulence.].
The quality or state of being purulent; the generation of pus; also, the pus itself. Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
purulence
chyle, colostrum, discharge, festering, gleet, humor, ichor, lachryma, lactation, leukorrhea, lymph, matter, mattering, milk, mucor, mucus, peccant humor, phlegm, pus, rankling, rheum, running, saliva, sanies, serous fluid, serum, snot, suppuration, sweat, tear, teardrop, the whites, urine
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