purulence n 1: symptom of being purulent (containing or forming pus) [syn: {purulence}, {purulency}] 2: a fluid product of inflammation [syn: {pus}, {purulence}, {suppuration}, {ichor}, {sanies}, {festering}]
Purulence \Pu"ru*lence\, Purulency \Pu"ru*len*cy\, n. [L. purulentia: cf. F. purulence.] (Med.) The quality or state of being purulent; the generation of pus; also, the pus itself. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster]
33 Moby Thesaurus words for "purulence": chyle, colostrum, discharge, festering, gleet, humor, ichor, lachryma, lactation, leukorrhea, lymph, matter, mattering, milk, mucor, mucus, peccant humor, phlegm, pus, rankling, rheum, running, saliva, sanies, serous fluid, serum, snot, suppuration, sweat, tear, teardrop, the whites, urine