purulentadjective
/ˈpjʊə.rʊ.lənt//ˈpjʊr.ə.lənt/specializedcontaining pus (= thick, yellowish liquid that comes from an infection in the body):
Fever and purulent sputum should make one consider pneumonia as a diagnosis.
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- Simply examining the purulent discharge does not give accurate enough answers.
- On arrival she complained of cough with purulent sputum.
- The discharge is unilateral, purulent, foul-smelling, and blood-stained.
- These infections can produce a profuse, frothy, and purulent (yellow or yellow-green) discharge that has a "fishy" odor.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Animal physiology: bodily fluids & their production
- bile
- bogy
- bucket
- discharge
- dribble
- expectorate
- jism
- lacteal
- lymphatic
- mucus
- perspire
- phlegm
- pus
- snot
- spat
- sperm
- spermatozoon
- spit
- spunk
- sweat buckets idiom
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