See Also: purulent(dictionary)
purulent(dictionary)
Purulent(medicine)
Purulent(health)
purulent synovitis(medicine)
purulent retinitis(medicine)
purulent pneumonia(medicine)
purulent pleurisy(medicine)
purulent pericarditis(medicine)
purulent ophthalmia(medicine)

madden (iou) and purulent (oh)


madden (iou)



madden verb. E18.
[from MAD adjective + -EN5.]
verb trans. Make mad; infuriate, excite to frenzy. Also, irritate, annoy, vex. E18.
Times The result was one of those baffling reversals of form that madden tipsters.
verb intrans. Become mad. M18.
maddening adjective that makes a person mad; irritating, vexing: E19.
maddeningly adverb M19.

purulent (oh)



[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Latin; Origin: purulentus, from pus; PUS]
containing or producing pus
-- purulence n [U]