3 definitions found From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: purulent adjective: having undergone infection; "a purulent wound" [syn: {infected}, {pussy}, {putrid}] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Purulent \Pu"ru*lent\, adjective [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 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

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