Hypertext Webster Gateway: "purulent"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
purulent
adj : having undergone infection; "festering sores"; "an infected
wound" [syn: {festering}, {infected}, {pussy}, {putrid}]
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