Usually means: Production of pus; indicative infection.
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  2. purulence: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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  11. purulence: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
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  1. purulence: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (purulence)

▸ noun:  The condition of containing or discharging pus.
▸ noun:  Pus.

Similar:
sanies, pus, suppuration, purulency, festering, ichor, puberulence, pulpousness, pustulation, putidness, more...

Opposite:
asepsis, sterility, cleanliness

Types:
pus, suppuration, exudate, secretion, seepage, more...

Adjectives:
gross, frank, nasal, local, thick, obvious, intraluminal, unexpected, ravening



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Similar:
sanies, pus, suppuration, purulency, festering, ichor, puberulence, pulpousness, pustulation, putidness, more...

Opposite:
asepsis, sterility, cleanliness

Types:
pus, suppuration, exudate, secretion, seepage, more...

Adjectives:
gross, frank, nasal, local, thick, obvious, intraluminal, unexpected, ravening



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