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pu·ru·lent

 (pyo͝or′ə-lənt, pyo͝or′yə-)
adj.
Containing, discharging, or causing the production of pus: a purulent infection.
[Middle English purulente, from Old French purulent, from Latin pūrulentus, from pūs, pūr-, pus; see pū̆- in Indo-European roots.]
pu′ru·lent·ly adv.
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purulent

(ˈpjʊərʊlənt)
adj
(Pathology) of, relating to, or containing pus
[C16: from Latin pūrulentus, from pus]
ˈpurulence, ˈpurulency n
ˈpurulently adv
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pu•ru•lent

(ˈpyʊər ə lənt, ˈpyʊər yə-)

adj.
1. full of, containing, forming, or discharging pus; suppurating.
2. attended with suppuration: purulent appendicitis.
3. of the nature of or like pus.
[1590–1600; < Latin pūrulentus=pūr-, s. of pūs pus + -ulentus -ulent]
pu′ru•lent•ly, adv.
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Adj.1.purulent - containing pus; "a purulent wound"
pussy
infected, septic - containing or resulting from disease-causing organisms; "a septic sore throat"; "a septic environment"; "septic sewage"
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purulent

purulent

[ˈpjʊərʊlənt] ADJ → purulento
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purulent

adj → eitrig; to become purulent → eitern
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pu·ru·lent

a. purulento-a, que está supurando.
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It is allowed, that senates and great councils are often troubled with redundant, ebullient, and other peccant humours; with many diseases of the head, and more of the heart; with strong convulsions, with grievous contractions of the nerves and sinews in both hands, but especially the right; with spleen, flatus, vertigos, and deliriums; with scrofulous tumours, full of fetid purulent matter; with sour frothy ructations: with canine appetites, and crudeness of digestion, besides many others, needless to mention.
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The nodule in the right groin increased in volume and gave rise to fistulization and purulent discharge.
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Most studies of acute pericarditis in children have been limited to case series of purulent pericarditis or pericarditis with large effusions.
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A culture of purulent material expressed from the wound grew rare Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
Trichophyton as a Rare Cause of Postoperative Wound Infection Resistant to Standard Empiric Antimicrobial Therapy
Thereafter, thoracic drainage was continued because of the prolonged purulent discharge [a laboratory culture of the pleural effusion was negative for M.
Endobronchial Watanabe Spigots for Treatment of Pyopneumothorax due to Nontuberculous Mycobacteriosis in a Patient with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Case Report Based on Past Experience
Patients in the observation group were subdivided according to purulent meningitis, cryptococcal meningitis, viral meningitis and tubercular meningitis.
Values of Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Cerebrospinal fluid analysis in the diagnosis of Central Nervous System associated infectious diseases

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