n
(medicine) An abscess; a pustulent swelling.
adj
(of a wound or sore, dialectal or archaic) Purulent; containing pus or matter
adj
(botany) Being without veins or nerves, as the leaves of certain plants.
n
(anatomy) Any liquid portion of the body, such as blood, urine, semen, saliva, especially when expelled.
n
(medicine) A medicated mouthwash.
n
(medicine) A blackhead or whitehead.
n
(medicine, archaic) A similar operation for drawing pus from an abscess.
adj
(medicine) Of or pertaining to dehiscence, i.e., a rupture, as with a surgical wound opening up, often with a flow of serous fluid
n
(medicine, archaic) Generation of pus; suppuration.
adj
(medicine) Synonym of atretic
n
The formation of an abscess; inflammation; suppuration
n
(obsolete) Separation or solution of viscid matter by medicines.
n
Material introduced into the body by the stomach or alimentary canal.
adj
pussy, purulent (containing or secreting pus)
n
(medicine, obsolete) A medicine or application which promotes suppuration.
adj
(obsolete) Conducing to ripeness or maturity; hence, conducing to suppuration.
n
(medicine, archaic) A suppurative.
n
A pus-filled swelling on the surface on the skin caused by an eruptive disease.
n
(obsolete) A heated tub for the treatment of venereal disease by sweating.
adj
(medicine) In the form of pus.
adj
(medicine, archaic) Of or relating to purpura.
n
The condition of containing or discharging pus.
adj
(medicine) Consisting of pus.
adj
(medicine) Containing pus and blood.
adj
(medicine) Producing pustules.
v
To form, or be formed into pustules
n
The act of producing pustules.
n
A pimple filled with pus.
adj
Filled or oozing with pus
adj
Alternative form of pussy (“containing pus; purulent”) [(medicine) Containing pus.]
adj
(medicine) Discharging pus.
n
(medicine) a thin mixture of pus and blood serum discharged from a wound; ichor
adj
(pathology) Describing the situation in which some pustules run together
n
(biology) A thin watery animal fluid, such as synovial fluid or pericardial fluid.
adj
purulent; producing pus
adj
(medicine, of a disease or medical condition) causing suppuration: producing, or causing the production of, pus.
n
A plumbing fixture intended for standing urination, typically by men and boys.
adj
(chemistry, obsolete) Of or relating to copper (formerly called Venus by alchemists).
n
(slang) The disease melioidosis.
n
A pimple formed by a clogged sebaceous gland, usually with a milky-white cap.
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