mucopurulent

American  

[myoo-kuh-pyoor-yuh-luhnt, -pyoor-uh-] / ˌmyu kəˈpyʊər yə lənt, -ˈpyʊər ə- /

adjective

Medicine/Medical.

1. containing or composed of mucus and pus.

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mucopurulent British  

/ ˌmjuːkəʊˈpjʊərələnt /

adjective

1. pathol composed of or containing both mucus and pus

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Etymology

Origin of mucopurulent

First recorded in 1835–45; muco- + purulent

Example Sentences

The symptoms are heat and discomfort with copious mucopurulent discharge.

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Polypi may cause a mucopurulent discharge or they may only be suspected when they prove an obstacle to parturition.

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If the animal survives, the inflammation tends to become chronic and attended by a whitish mucopurulent discharge.

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By removing the scab and making pressure at the base of the ulcer, drops of thick, mucopurulent matter were made to exude.

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By all sorts of acute reactions, such as skin eruptions, diarrheas, feverish, inflammatory and catarrhal conditions, boils, abscesses, mucopurulent discharges, etc.,

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