Purulence — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

symptom of being purulent (containing or forming pus)

a fluid product of inflammation

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/pjˈʊɹɹuːləns/

🇬🇧British English

/pjˈʊəɹuːləns/

🇮🇳Indian English

/pjˈʊəɹuːləns/

3 syllables Say it as /pjˈʊɹɹuːləns/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

festering pus ichor sanies purulency suppuration

Word Forms

purulent	adjective	containing pus
suppurate	verb	cause to ripen and discharge pus
ichorous	adjective	of or resembling or characterized by ichor or sanies
sanious	adjective	of or resembling or characterized by ichor or sanies

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Eiter

Symptom einer Eiterigkeit (die Eiter enthält oder bildet)

🇪🇸Spanish

purulencia

síntoma de ser purulento (que contiene o forma pus)

🇮🇹Italian

purulenza

sintomo di essere purulento (contenente o formazione di pus)

🇳🇱Dutch

purulentie

symptoom van etterig zijn (pus bevatten of vormen)

🇵🇹Portuguese

purulência

sintoma de ser purulento (contendo ou formando pus)

🇷🇺Russian

гной

симптом гнойного (содержащего или образующего гной)

India

🇮🇳Hindi

पीप

पीपयुक्त होने का लक्षण (मवाद युक्त होना या बनना)

🇧🇩Bengali

বিশুদ্ধতা

পিউলিয়েন্ট হওয়ার লক্ষণ (পুঁজযুক্ত বা গঠন করা)

🇮🇳Tamil

சீழ்

சீழ் மிக்கதாக இருப்பதன் அறிகுறி (சீழ் கொண்ட அல்லது உருவாக்கும்)

🇮🇳Telugu

చీము

చీముకు సంబంధించిన లక్షణం (చీము కలిగి ఉండటం లేదా ఏర్పడటం)

🇮🇳Marathi

पुवाळणे

पुवाळलेले असण्याचे लक्षण (पस असलेले किंवा तयार होणे)

🇮🇳Gujarati

પ્યુર્યુલેન્સ

પ્યુર્યુલન્ટ થવાનું લક્ષણ (પ્યુસ ધરાવતું અથવા બનાવવું)

🇵🇰Urdu

پیپ

پیپ ہونے کی علامت (پیپ پر مشتمل یا بننا)

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

脓

化脓的症状（含有或形成脓液）

🇯🇵Japanese

化膿

化膿している（膿を含んでいる、または形成している）症状

🇰🇷Korean

화농성

화농성 증상(고름이 있거나 형성됨)

🇻🇳Vietnamese

mủ

triệu chứng có mủ (chứa hoặc hình thành mủ)

🇹🇭Thai

การเป็นหนอง

อาการเป็นหนอง (มีหรือมีหนอง)

🇮🇩Indonesian

nanah

gejala bernanah (mengandung atau membentuk nanah)

🇵🇭Filipino

purulen

sintomas ng pagiging purulent (naglalaman o bumubuo ng nana)

🇲🇾Malay

bernanah

gejala bernanah (mengandungi atau membentuk nanah)

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

قيح

أعراض كونها قيحية (تحتوي على أو تشكل القيح)

🇮🇷Persian

چرکی

نشانه چرکی بودن (حاوی یا تشکیل دهنده چرک)

🇹🇷Turkish

cerahat

cerahatli olma belirtisi (irin içeren veya oluşturan)

🇮🇱Hebrew

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