purulent

adj

Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French purulent, from Latin pūrulentus, from pūs (“pus”).

1. Consisting of pus.

   “Near-synonym: puriform”

   “It is allowed, that Senates and great Councils are often troubled with redundant, ebullient, and other peccant Humours, with many Diſeaſes of the Head and more of the Heart; with ſtrong Convulſions, with grievous Contractions of the Nerves and Sinews in both Hands, but eſpecially the Right; with Spleen, Flatus, Vertigos and Deliriums; with Scrophulous Tumors full of fœtid purulent Matter; with ſower frothy Ructations, with Canine Appetites and Crudeneſs of Digeſtion, beſides many others needleſs to mention.”

2. Leaking or seeping pus.

   “purulent inflammation”

   “Close-up of two rats gnawing at a mutton bone, of the flies on the purulent eyelids of a small girl.”