Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Of or resembling pus.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having the nature of or resembling pus; purulent.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Med.) Of or pertaining to pus; of the nature of, or like, pus.
  • adjective (Med.) cells of a size larger than pus corpuscles, containing two or more of the latter.

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  • adjective medicine Resembling or relating to pus.

Etymologies

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Ancient Greek

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