How do you pronounce purulent?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpjʊəɹ(j)ʊlənt/.

purulent

/ˈpjʊəɹ(j)ʊlənt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.93 in modern English

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"Near-synonym: puriform"
"It is allowed, that Senates and great Councils are often troubled with redundant, ebullient, and other peccant Humours, with many Diſeaſes of the Head and more of the Heart; with ſtrong Convulſions, with grievous Contractions of the Nerves and Sinews in both Hands, but eſpecially the Right; with Spleen, Flatus, Vertigos and Deliriums; with Scrophulous Tumors full of fœtid purulent Matter; with ſower frothy Ructations, with Canine Appetites and Crudeneſs of Digeſtion, beſides many others needleſs to mention."
"purulent inflammation"
"Close-up of two rats gnawing at a mutton bone, of the flies on the purulent eyelids of a small girl."

Borrowed from Middle French purulent, from Latin pūrulentus, from pūs (“pus”).

more purulent (comparative) most purulent (superlative)

caseopurulent fibrinopurulent mucopurulent necropurulent nonpurulent purulently semipurulent seropurulent

purulent bronchitis