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How to pronounce purulent in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms pussy
Derivation purulence, purulency


a purulent wound.

Examples of purulent

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Antibiotics are probably effective for acute purulent rhinitis, say the authors.
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Pooling the results showed that antibiotics for acute purulent rhinitis may be beneficial.
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Bacterial secondary infection may occur and cause a purulent discharge.
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She developed purulent pleurisy and endured an operation in which two of her ribs were removed.
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General practitioners often prescribe antibiotics for respiratory tract infections when nasal discharge is purulent.
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The largest wound's center was invisible behind a layer of purulent fluid that covered the wound and drenched the bandage.
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Evans brought in three other doctors and Caruso finally received a correct diagnosis, purulent pleurisy and empyema.
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Seems pretty purulent to me.
From the economist.com
Her training there was cut short when in November 1849 she contracted a serious infection in her right eye, purulent ophthalmia, from a baby she was treating.
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More examples
  • Containing pus; "a purulent wound"
  • (purulence) pus: a fluid product of inflammation
  • Pus is a whitish-yellow, yellow or yellow-brown exudate produced by vertebrates during inflammatory pyogenic bacterial infections. ...
  • Consisting of pus, or matter; partaking of the nature of pus; attended with suppuration; as, purulent inflammation
  • Having or making pus.
  • Purulent sputum is yellow, green, or dirty gray and consists of or contains pus.
  • Containing pus, a thick white or yellow fluid.
  • Containing pus, such as that produced during an infection.
  • Is that pertaining to the content or formation of pus.