purulent
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Middle French purulent, from Latin pūrulentus, from pūs (“pus”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
purulent (comparative more purulent, superlative most purulent)
- (medicine) Consisting of pus.
- 1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “A Further Account of the Academy. […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume II, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part III (A Voyage to Laputa, Balnibarbi, Glubbdubdribb, Luggnagg, and Japan), page 82:
- It is allowed, that Senates and great Councils are often troubled with redundant, ebullient, and other peccant Humours, with many Diſeaſes of the Head and more of the Heart; with ſtrong Convulſions, with grievous Contractions of the Nerves and Sinews in both Hands, but eſpecially the Right; with Spleen, Flatus, Vertigos and Deliriums; with Scrophulous Tumors full of fœtid purulent Matter; with ſower frothy Ructations, with Canine Appetites and Crudeneſs of Digeſtion, beſides many others needleſs to mention.
- (medicine) Leaking or seeping pus.
- purulent inflammation
- 1948 August, Aldous Huxley, Ape and Essence, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, →OCLC:
- Close-up of two rats gnawing at a mutton bone, of the flies on the purulent eyelids of a small girl.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
consisting of pus
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leaking or seeping pus
See also edit
References edit
“purulent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
French edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin pūrulentus.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
purulent (feminine purulente, masculine plural purulents, feminine plural purulentes)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “purulent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French purulent, from Latin purulentus.
Adjective edit
purulent m or n (feminine singular purulentă, masculine plural purulenți, feminine and neuter plural purulente)
Declension edit
Declension of purulent
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | purulent | purulentă | purulenți | purulente | ||
definite | purulentul | purulenta | purulenții | purulentele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | purulent | purulente | purulenți | purulente | ||
definite | purulentului | purulentei | purulenților | purulentelor |