'Purulent' definitions:
Definition of 'purulent'
From: WordNet
adjective
Containing pus; "a purulent wound" [syn: purulent, pussy]
Definition of 'Purulent'
From: GCIDE
- Purulent \Pu"ru*lent\, a. [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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'purulent'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bloody,
- chylifactive,
- chylifactory,
- chylific,
- festering,
- humoral,
- ichorous,
- lachrymal,
- lacrimatory,
- mattering,
- phlegmy,
- pussy,
- rankling,
- rheumy,
- sanious,
- serous,
- suppurated,
- suppurating,
- suppurative,
- tearlike