Thesaurus / purulent
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synonyms for purulent
- corrupt
- disgusting
- moldy
- noxious
- overripe
- putrid
- rancid
- rotting
- sour
- spoiled
- stale
- bad
- bad-smelling
- corroded
- crumbled
- crumbling
- decomposed
- decomposing
- disintegrated
- disintegrating
- fecal
- feculent
- festering
- fetid
- foul
- gross
- infected
- loathsome
- loud
- mephitic
- noisome
- offensive
- perished
- polluted
- pustular
- putrescent
- putrified
- rank
- smelling
- stinking
- strong
- tainted
- touched
- unsound
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How to use purulent in a sentence
Above all, the doctor—the doctor and the purulent trash and garbage of his pharmacopoeia!
THE POCKET R.L.S.ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONThese sacs contain purulent matter, of all shades and odours, and identical with that which the animal coughed up.
A TREATISE ON SHEEP:AMBROSE BLACKLOCKAbscess, ab′ses, n. a collection of purulent matter within some tissue of the body.
CHAMBERS'S TWENTIETH CENTURY DICTIONARY (PART 1 OF 4: A-D)VARIOUSTowards the end of the year 1783, became affected with slight cough and expectoration of purulent matter.
AN ACCOUNT OF THE FOXGLOVE AND SOME OF ITS MEDICAL USESWILLIAM WITHERINGThe existence of a purulent discharge is no excuse for lack of cleanliness.
A SYSTEM OF OPERATIVE SURGERY, VOLUME IV (OF 4)VARIOUSPurulent lepto-meningitis is usually accompanied by encephalitis.
A SYSTEM OF OPERATIVE SURGERY, VOLUME IV (OF 4)VARIOUSAt the post-mortem examination the kidney was merely a thin-walled sac with purulent contents.
A SYSTEM OF OPERATIVE SURGERY, VOLUME IV (OF 4)VARIOUSCare should be taken also to see that there is no purulent discharge from the nose or any septic sores about the face.
A SYSTEM OF OPERATIVE SURGERY, VOLUME IV (OF 4)VARIOUSBy the third day the contents of the vesicle has become thicker and tends to become purulent.
THE EUGENIC MARRIAGE, VOLUME IV. (OF IV.)GRANT HAGUEThe surface is cribriform, and a purulent secretion may be pressed out from follicular openings.
ESSENTIALS OF DISEASES OF THE SKINHENRY WEIGHTMAN STELWAGONWORDS RELATED TO PURULENT
- bad
- bad-smelling
- corroded
- corrupt
- crumbled
- crumbling
- decomposed
- decomposing
- disgusting
- disintegrated
- disintegrating
- fecal
- feculent
- festering
- fetid
- foul
- gross
- infected
- loathsome
- loud
- mephitic
- moldy
- noisome
- noxious
- offensive
- overripe
- perished
- polluted
- purulent
- pustular
- putrescent
- putrid
- putrified
- rancid
- rank
- rotting
- smelling
- sour
- spoiled
- stale
- stinking
- strong
- tainted
- touched
- unsound
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.