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What is the adjective for purulency?

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purulent
  1. (medicine) Consisting of pus.
  2. Leaking or seeping pus.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. infected, weeping, oozing, pus-filled, suppurating, festering, septic, diseased, inflamed, gangrenous, infested, necrotic, gathering, ulcerated, maturating, putrid, poisoned, putrefying, putrefactive, toxic, angry, hot, red, swollen, sick, decomposing, festered, rotting, decaying, putrescent … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “Impetigo is characterized by red macules and vesicles that can rupture with purulent exudates.”
      “There was swelling, tenderness, erythema, and slight purulent discharge from the lesion.”
      “Initially, patients present with a nonspecific rhinitis, which evolves into purulent, fetid rhinorrhea and crusting.”
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