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sisting of pus, or matter; partaking of the nature of pus; attended with suppuration; as, purulent inflammation.

In a purulent manner.

Having the character or appearance of both mucus and pus. Dunglison.

A collection of pus or purulent matter in any tissue or organ of the body, the result of a morbid process. Cold abscess, an abscess of slow formation, unattended with the pain and heat characteristic of ordinary abscesses, and lasting for years without exhibiting any tendency towards healing; a chronic abscess.…

An abscess; a swelling filled with purulent matter. [Written corruptly imposthume.]

Purulent matter. [Obs.] Barrough.

An accumulation of any substance. "Collections of moisture." Whewell. "A purulent collection." Dunglison.

itourinary tract, affecting especially the urethra and vagina, and characterized by a mucopurulent discharge, pain in urination, and chordee; clap.

A collection of pus or purulent matter in any part of an animal body; an abscess.

animal bodies; that which is thrown out or discharged in a tumor, boil, or abscess; pus; purulent substance.

Generating or containing pus; purulent.

A flow or running from the ear, esp. a purulent discharge.

Purulent inflammation of the cellular or areolar tissue.

The quality or state of being purulent; the generation of pus; also, the pus itself. Arbuthnot.

eruption upon the skin, consisting of vesicles with inflamed base and filled with serous, purulent, or bloody fluid, which dries up, forming a blackish crust.

A solution of continuity in any of the soft parts of the body, discharging purulent matter, found on a surface, especially one of the natural surfaces of the body, and originating generally in a constitutional disorder; a sore discharging pus. It is distinguished from an abscess, which has its beginning, at least, in t…

Having the nature or character of an ulcer; discharging purulent or other matter. R. Browning.