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Related topics: Illness & disabilitypu·ru·lent /ˈpjʊərələnt $ ˈpjʊr-/ adjective technical MIcontaining or producing pus 化脓的；流脓的 —purulence noun [uncountable]Examples from the Corpuspurulent• Ear infections with a bloody, purulent, cheesy smelling discharge and sticking pains.• Ear infections with a purulent discharge, itching and noises in the ears; eustachian catarrh.• There may be a purulent discharge too.• Weeping is as much a disease entity as any purulent discharge.• A history of purulent nasal discharge may be obtained in headaches resulting from sinus disease.• Necropsy reveals a severely inflamed mucosa studded with yellowish-green purulent nodules.• Coryza may be acrid and purulent or a bloody discharge.• This showed a conical hard object lodged firmly in her right intermediate bronchus, granular tissue, and purulent secretions.Origin purulent (1400-1500) Latin purulentus, from pus; → PUSpu·ru·lent adjectiveChineseSyllable Corpus or containing producing pus |