mucopurulent
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of mucopurulent
Example Sentences
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Earwax is partly sebum, as is mucopurulent discharge, the dry substance accumulating in the corners of the eye after sleeping.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
Polypi may cause a mucopurulent discharge or they may only be suspected when they prove an obstacle to parturition.
From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry
By all sorts of acute reactions, such as skin eruptions, diarrheas, feverish, inflammatory and catarrhal conditions, boils, abscesses, mucopurulent discharges, etc.,
From Nature Cure by Henry Lindlahr
By removing the scab and making pressure at the base of the ulcer, drops of thick, mucopurulent matter were made to exude.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
The character of the discharge in leucorrhea varies considerably, from a whitish or mucous secretion, to a yellowish or mucopurulent secretion, and is debilitating in proportion as it is profuse.
From The Four Epochs of Woman's Life; a study in hygiene by Anna M. (Anna Mary) Galbraith
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