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pustulant

pustulant

9.9
Having pus in the skin or in a sore
  • adjective
  • /ˈpʌstjələnt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : pustulante
  • She treated the pustulant wounds with antiseptic to prevent further infection.

Examples

  • After the hike, he noticed several pustulant spots on his legs, which worried him.

  • A pestilent, pustulant infection burrowing its way into our souls.

    The Mummy (2017)

  • We did not return to the States until several years later, when black pustulant sores began to erupt in our five-year-old daughter's flesh.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • The doctor diagnosed him with a pustulant rash after he complained about the painful sores.

Synonyms

purulent
vspustulant
  • Specialized
1 9.9

Having pus that comes from an infected wound

is used especially for skin or sore infections rather than broadly
suppurative
vspustulant
  • Specialized
1 9.9

Causing a wound or sore to fill with pus

is about actually having or producing pus rather than causing it
pustular
vspustulant
  • Specialized
1 8.3

Having small blisters filled with pus on the skin

centres on containing or producing pus rather than just the blisters
pyogenic
vspustulant
  • Specialized
9.8

Causing a wound or infection to make pus

applies to the condition of containing or producing pus, not the agent
pustulous
vspustulant
  • Specialized
9.8

Covered with small pus-filled bumps on the skin, often from an infection

focuses on having or producing pus rather than only the bumps
pustulate
vspustulant
  • Specialized
9.9

Skin that has many small pus-filled bumps

emphasizes producing or containing pus rather than general skin blemishes

Antonyms

clean
∞ 1.0

Free from dirt or harmful things

How Pus-filled

purulent
  • Specialized
1 9.9
pustular
  • Specialized
1 8.3
pustulant
  • Specialized
9.9
inflamed
6 4.3

Surface Forms

pustulant positive

Morphology

pustulant = pustule (semi-transparent) = pustule + ant

The suffix '-ant' is used to form adjectives indicating a state or condition, but the specific medical context may not be immediately clear to all learners.

Etymology

Pustulant comes from the Latin pustula, meaning 'small blister', and is the same root as English pustule and the word pus. So pustulant describes skin or sores that have or produce pus, like a bad pimple.