PURULENCE
\pjˈʊɹuːləns], \pjˈʊɹuːləns], \p_j_ˈʊ_ɹ_uː_l_ə_n_s]\
Definitions of PURULENCE
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- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. Generation of pus or matter; suppuration ;- matter formed ; pus.
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