Purulence

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Purulence \Pu"ru*lence\, Purulency \Pu"ru*len*cy\, n. [L.
     purulentia: cf. F. purulence.] (Med.)
     The quality or state of being purulent; the generation of
     pus; also, the pus itself. --Arbuthnot.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  purulence
       n 1: symptom of being purulent (containing or forming pus) [syn:
            {purulency}]
       2: a fluid product of inflammation [syn: {pus}, {suppuration},
          {ichor}, {sanies}, {festering}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  33 Moby Thesaurus words for "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