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Webster 1913 Edition

Purulent

Pu′ru-lent

,

Adj.

[L.

purulentus

, fr.

pus

,

puris

, pus, matter: cf. F.

purulent

. See

.]

(Med.)

Consisting of pus, or matter; partaking of the nature of pus; attended with suppuration;

as,

purulent

inflammation

.

Webster 1828 Edition

Purulent

PU'RULENT

,

Adj.

Consisting of pus or matter; partaking of the nature of pus.