puruloidadj.
/ˈpjʊər(j)ᵿlɔɪd/, /ˈpəːr(j)ᵿlɔɪd/, U.S. /ˈpjʊr(j)əlˌɔɪd/, /ˈpər(j)əˌlɔɪd/ Medicine. Now rare.
Resembling (that of) pus; pyoid.
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fouleOE
festereda1398
quitterya1398
quittorousa1398
festrya1400
purulent?a1425
suppurate?a1425
matterativec1487
mattereda1500
mattery1527
attery1535
sanious1562
festering1563
matterish1566
infestered1570
ulcerated1580
suppurated1583
sordid1597
corsie1605
fistulating1607
rankling1631
suppurable1634
rancorous1635
undercotted1636
undercotting1637
suppuratory1659
puriform1668
quittorish1668
suppurating1671
scandalous1676
suppurative1746
suppurant1799
gleety1822
puruloid1846
pyoid1846
colloid substance1849
peptic1884
pussy1888
maturable1889
fretty1894
1846 Lancet 26 Dec. 703/1 I have even an idea that the rigors of ague have some relation to a crisis of puruloid secretion in the splenic apparatus.
1866 A. Flint Treat. Princ. Med. 239 A sudden expectoration of matter..presenting the appearance of a purulent or puruloid liquid.
1927 Amer. Jrnl. Surg. 2 212/1 One notes the..presence of puruloid material but does not find the expected perforated ulcer.
1988 Arzneimittelforschung 38 1022 In dogs a subcutaneous cavity with puruloid fluid and enlargement of the axillary lymphnodes were seen in addition.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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