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PURULENCE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A fluid product of inflammation
Synonyms:
festering; ichor; purulence; pus; sanies; suppuration
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("purulence" is a kind of...):
bodily fluid; body fluid; humor; humour; liquid body substance (the liquid parts of the body)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "purulence"):
gleet (a thin morbid discharge as from a wound or especially chronic gonorrhea)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Symptom of being purulent (containing or forming pus)
Synonyms:
purulence; purulency
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("purulence" is a kind of...):
symptom ((medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease)
Holonyms ("purulence" is a part of...):
abscess (symptom consisting of a localized collection of pus surrounded by inflamed tissue)
Derivation:
purulent (containing pus)
