Purulent

3 definitions found

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

  Purulent \Pu"ru*lent\, a. [L. purulentus, fr. pus, puris, pus,
     matter: cf. F. purulent. See {Pus}.] (Med.)
     Consisting of pus, or matter; partaking of the nature of pus;
     attended with suppuration; as, purulent inflammation.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  purulent
       adj : having undergone infection; "a purulent  wound" [syn: {infected},
              {pussy}, {putrid}]

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

  20 Moby Thesaurus words for "purulent":
     bloody, chylifactive, chylifactory, chylific, festering, humoral,
     ichorous, lachrymal, lacrimatory, mattering, phlegmy, pussy,
     rankling, rheumy, sanious, serous, suppurated, suppurating,
     suppurative, tearlike