purulence

English Thesaurus

1. a fluid product of inflammation (noun.body)

hypernym	:	bodily fluid, body fluid, humor, humour, liquid body substance,
definition	:	the liquid parts of the body (noun.body)

hyponym	:	gleet,
definition	:	a thin morbid discharge as from a wound or especially chronic gonorrhea (noun.body)

2. symptom of being purulent (containing or forming pus) (noun.state)

hypernym	:	symptom,
definition	:	(medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease (noun.state)

part meronym	:	abscess,
definition	:	symptom consisting of a localized collection of pus surrounded by inflamed tissue (noun.state)

3. a fluid product of inflammation (noun.body)

derivation	:	fester, maturate, suppurate,
definition	:	ripen and generate pus (verb.body)

derivation	:	mature, suppurate,
definition	:	cause to ripen and discharge pus (verb.body)

derivation	:	ichorous, sanious,
definition	:	of or resembling or characterized by ichor or sanies (adj.pert)

4. symptom of being purulent (containing or forming pus) (noun.state)

derivation	:	purulent, pussy,
definition	:	containing pus (adj.all)

5. a fluid product of inflammation (noun.body)

derivation	:	fester, maturate, suppurate,
definition	:	ripen and generate pus (verb.body)

derivation	:	mature, suppurate,
definition	:	cause to ripen and discharge pus (verb.body)

derivation	:	ichorous, sanious,
definition	:	of or resembling or characterized by ichor or sanies (adj.pert)

6. symptom of being purulent (containing or forming pus) (noun.state)

derivation	:	purulent, pussy,
definition	:	containing pus (adj.all)