purulent
English
Alternative forms
- parulent (obsolete)
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French purulent, from Latin pūrulentus, from pūs (“pus”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpjʊəɹ(j)ʊlənt/, /ˈpjʊəɹələnt/
Adjective
purulent (comparative more purulent, superlative most purulent)
- (medicine) Consisting of pus.
- Leaking or seeping pus.
- purulent inflammation
- 1948, Aldous Huxley, Ape and Essence, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers Publishers, OCLC 248417:
- Close-up of two rats gnawing at a mutton bone, of the flies on the purulent eyelids of a small girl.
Derived terms
- caseopurulent
- fibrinopurulent
- mucopurulent
- necropurulent
- nonpurulent
- purulent bronchitis
- purulently
- seropurulent
Translations
consisting of pus
|
leaking or seeping pus
|
See also
- pussy
- suppurant
References
purulent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
French
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin pūrulentus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /py.ʁy.lɑ̃/
Audio (Paris) (file)
Adjective
purulent (feminine purulente, masculine plural purulents, feminine plural purulentes)
- purulent
Related terms
- pus
Further reading
- “purulent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Romanian
Etymology
From French purulent, from Latin purulentus.
Adjective
purulent m or n (feminine singular purulentă, masculine plural purulenți, feminine and neuter plural purulente)
- purulent
Declension
Declension of purulent
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative/ accusative | indefinite | purulent | purulentă | purulenți | purulente | ||
| definite | purulentul | purulenta | purulenții | purulentele | |||
| genitive/ dative | indefinite | purulent | purulente | purulenți | purulente | ||
| definite | purulentului | purulentei | purulenților | purulentelor | |||