purulent

1. 1.

   containing pus

   “a purulent wound”

   Synonymspussy

   Similarseptic

Questions about purulent

What does purulent mean?

purulent means "containing pus".

How many syllables are in purulent?

purulent has 3 syllables: pur-u-lent. The stress falls on "pur". In IPA it is /ˈpjʊɹulənt/.

What is another word for purulent?

Close synonyms include pussy. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is purulent a common word?

purulent is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.