purulent
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- adjective
- /ˈpjʊrələnt/
- Specialized
:
purulento
- Discharge from the canal was classified as either purulent or mucous.
- purulent discharge
- purulent material
- purulent drainage
Examples
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Seven months later, the patient returned with severe ear pain and purulent otorrhea on the implanted side.
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Soon afterward, the right ear began to emit a purulent, foul-smelling discharge.
Academic text (2002) -
And the wound, it's purulent.
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Wounds with purulent discharge after the patient had returned home were included in the infected group.
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The open biopsy yielded a purulent discharge that was sent for culture.
Academic text (2006) -
The discharge was purulent, foul-smelling, and associated with pain and hearing loss; it was not blood-tinged.
Academic text (2007) -
I consider CSOM to be purulent otorrhea that persists for more than six weeks despite treatment.
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The initial symptom in most cases is nasal obstruction; purulent rhinorrhea is the second most common sign.
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Neck exploration revealed purulent drainage originating from the lateral border of the hyoid bone.
Academic text (1995) -
The doctor noted that the wound was purulent and required immediate treatment.
Synonyms
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Causing a wound or sore to fill with pus
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Having small blisters filled with pus on the skin
Causing a wound or infection to make pus
Having pus in the skin or in a sore
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
Pus in the space between a lung and the chest wall that causes pain and trouble breathing
How Purulent
- Specialized
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- Specialized
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9.9
- Specialized
- Specialized
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- Specialized
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6.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
purulent = pus (opaque) = purul + ent
The form 'purul-' is a Latin combining form not recognizable as the English word 'pus', and the adjective is a specialized medical term formed via Latin morphology rather than regular English derivation.
Etymology
Purulent comes from the Latin word pus, meaning 'pus', plus the ending -ulent, meaning 'full of'. So purulent literally means 'full of pus', which is why we use it for wounds or discharge that contain pus.