PURULENCY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does purulency mean? 

• PURULENCY (noun)
  The noun PURULENCY has 1 sense:

1. symptom of being purulent (containing or forming pus)

  Familiarity information: PURULENCY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PURULENCY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Symptom of being purulent (containing or forming pus)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

purulence; purulency

Hypernyms ("purulency" is a kind of...):

symptom ((medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease)

Holonyms ("purulency" is a part of...):

abscess (symptom consisting of a localized collection of pus surrounded by inflamed tissue)

Derivation:

purulent (containing pus)