purulence

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Purulence, pū′rū-lens, n. the forming of pus or matter: pus—also Pū′rulency.—adj.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various

Purulence and purulency have also the long u in the first syllable.

From Every-Day Errors of Speech by Meredith, L. P.