puriform

English edit

Etymology edit

From Latin pus, puris (“pus”) +‎ -form. Compare French puriforme.

Adjective edit

puriform (not comparable)

(medicine) In the form of pus.
puriform discharge from the ear

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “puriform”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)