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Definition of purulent in English: purulentadjective ˈpjʊərʊl(ə)ntˈpjʊr(j)ələnt Medicine Consisting of, containing, or discharging pus. Example sentencesExamples - These complications include pleural infection or empyema, meningitis, purulent pericarditis, or endocarditis.
- In such outbreaks, pneumococcal infections have included sepsis, meningitis, purulent conjunctivitis, recurrent otitis media and sinusitis.
- The bacterium - which, when symptomatic, causes purulent discharge, dysuria, and urethritis - can also cause ascending infections leading to pelvic inflammatory disease and infertility.
- There was swelling, tenderness, erythema, and slight purulent discharge from the lesion.
- In patients with an obvious focus of infections (eg, purulent nasal discharge, abdominal tenderness, profuse green diarrhea), a focused diagnostic workup is required.
Synonyms infected, festering, suppurating, pus-filled, putrid, putrefying, putrefactive, poisoned, diseased
Origin Late Middle English: from Latin purulentus 'festering', from pus, pur- (see pus). Definition of purulent in US English: purulentadjectiveˈpjʊr(j)ələntˈpyo͝or(y)ələnt Medicine Consisting of, containing, or discharging pus. Example sentencesExamples - The bacterium - which, when symptomatic, causes purulent discharge, dysuria, and urethritis - can also cause ascending infections leading to pelvic inflammatory disease and infertility.
- In such outbreaks, pneumococcal infections have included sepsis, meningitis, purulent conjunctivitis, recurrent otitis media and sinusitis.
- There was swelling, tenderness, erythema, and slight purulent discharge from the lesion.
- These complications include pleural infection or empyema, meningitis, purulent pericarditis, or endocarditis.
- In patients with an obvious focus of infections (eg, purulent nasal discharge, abdominal tenderness, profuse green diarrhea), a focused diagnostic workup is required.
Synonyms infected, festering, suppurating, pus-filled, putrid, putrefying, putrefactive, poisoned, diseased
Origin Late Middle English: from Latin purulentus ‘festering’, from pus, pur- (see pus). |