English edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Middle French purulent, from Latin pūrulentus, from pūs (pus).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈpjʊəɹ(j)ʊlənt/, /ˈpjʊəɹələnt/

Adjective edit

purulent (comparative more purulent, superlative most purulent)

  1. (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.
  2. (medicine) Leaking or seeping pus.
    purulent inflammation

Derived terms edit

Translations edit

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

  • IPA(key): /py.ʁy.lɑ̃/
  • (file)

Adjective edit

purulent (feminine purulente, masculine plural purulents, feminine plural purulentes)

  1. purulent

Related terms edit

Further reading edit

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)

  1. purulent

Declension edit