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purulency
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun purulency has 1 sense
- purulency(n = noun.state) purulence - symptom of being purulent (containing or forming pus); Array is a kind of symptom
is a part of abscess
Derived form adjective purulent1
CIDE DICTIONARY
purulency, n. [L. purulentia: cf. F. purulence.].
The quality or state of being purulent; the generation of pus; also, the pus itself. Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster]
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