From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Purulence \Pu"ru*lence\, Purulency \Pu"ru*len*cy\, noun [L. purulentia: cf. F. purulence.] (Med.) The quality or state of being purulent; the generation of pus; also, the pus itself. --Arbuthnot.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: symptom of being purulent (containing or forming pus) [syn: {purulency}]
2: a fluid product of inflammation [syn: {pus}, {suppuration}, {ichor}, {sanies}, {festering}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
33 Moby Thesaurus words for "purulence": chyle, colostrum, discharge, festering, gleet, humor, ichor, lachryma, lactation, leukorrhea, lymph, matter, mattering, milk, mucor, mucus, peccant humor, phlegm, pus, rankling, rheum, running, saliva, sanies, serous fluid, serum, snot, suppuration, sweat, tear, teardrop, the whites, urine
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