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/pyoor"euh leuhns, pyoor"yeuh-/, n.1. the condition of containing or forming pus.2. pus.Also, purulency.[1590-1600; < LL purulentia. See PURULENT, -ENCE]
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purulence — [ pyrylɑ̃s ] n. f. • 1555; lat. ecclés. purulentia ♦ Méd. État purulent. ⇒ suppuration. Purulence d une blessure. ● purulence nom féminin (bas latin purulentia) État purulent. purulence n. f. MED état caractérisé par la prés … Encyclopédie Universelle
Purulence — Pu ru*lence, Purulency Pu ru*len*cy, n. [L. purulentia: cf. F. purulence.] (Med.) The quality or state of being purulent; the generation of pus; also, the pus itself. Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
purulence — (pu ru lan s ) s. f. Terme de médecine. Qualité de ce qui est purulent. La purulence des crachats. ÉTYMOLOGIE Lat. purulentia, de purulentus, purulent … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
purulence — noun Date: 1597 the quality or state of being purulent; also pus … New Collegiate Dictionary
PURULENCE — s. f. T. de Médec. Qualité de ce qui est purulent … Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)
PURULENCE — n. f. T. de Médecine Qualité de ce qui est purulent … Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)
purulence — noun a) The condition of containing or discharging pus. b) Pus … Wiktionary
purulence — pu·ru·lence pyu̇r (y)ə lən(t)s n the quality or state of being purulent also PUS * * * pu·ru·lence (puґroo ləns) [L. purulentia] the condition of being purulent … Medical dictionary
purulence — Synonyms and related words: chyle, colostrum, discharge, festering, gleet, humor, ichor, lachryma, lactation, leukorrhea, lymph, matter, mattering, milk, mucor, mucus, peccant humor, phlegm, pus, rankling, rheum, running, saliva, sanies, serous… … Moby Thesaurus
purulence — pu·ru·lence || pjÊŠrjÉ™lÉ™ns / pjÊŠÉ™ n. pus, greenish white fluid secreted from an infection … English contemporary dictionary
