purulent infection

  • 1purulent — purulent, ente [ pyrylɑ̃, ɑ̃t ] adj. • XIIe; lat. purulentus 1 ♦ Qui contient ou produit du pus (⇒ suppurer). Lésion purulente de la peau. ⇒ pustule. Pleurésie purulente. ⇒ empyème. « subir, pour une ophtalmie purulente, une petite opération » (A …

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  • 2purulent pericarditis — pericardial inflammation characterized by pus formation, usually due to bacterial infection, and less often to fungal or viral infection, which may be spread from neighboring tissues, through the blood or lymphatic systems, or via direct… …

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  • 3Infection, ear (acute middle) — Acute middle ear infection, medically called acute otitis media is inflammation of the middle ear. Acute otitis media typically causes fluid in the middle ear accompanied by signs or symptoms of ear infection: a bulging eardrum usually… …

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  • 4Infection, middle ear — Acute middle ear infection, medically called acute otitis media is inflammation of the middle ear. Acute otitis media typically causes fluid in the middle ear accompanied by signs or symptoms of ear infection: a bulging eardrum usually… …

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  • 5purulent ophthalmia — ophthalmia with purulent discharge, commonly due to gonorrheal infection …

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  • 6purulent — pu·ru·lent || pjÊŠrjÉ™lÉ™nt / pjÊŠÉ™rÉ™ adj. full of pus, secreting a greenish white fluid from an infection …

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  • 7Chlamydia infection — For Chlamydia s life cycle, see Chlamydia (bacterium) For infectious agents previously designated Chlamydiae, see species of Chlamydophila Chlamydia Classification and external resources …

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  • 8Ear infection, middle (acute) — Acute middle ear infection, medically called acute otitis media is inflammation of the middle ear. Acute otitis media typically causes fluid in the middle ear accompanied by signs or symptoms of ear infection: a bulging eardrum usually… …

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  • 9Middle ear infection, acute — Acute middle ear infection, medically called acute otitis media is inflammation of the middle ear. Acute otitis media typically causes fluid in the middle ear accompanied by signs or symptoms of ear infection: a bulging eardrum usually… …

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  • 10whitlow — Purulent infection through a perionychial fold causing an abscess of the bulbous distal end of a finger. SYN: felon. [M.E. whitflawe] herpetic w. painful herpes simplex virus infection of a finge …

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