purulence
noun
pus.
purulency
-
a variation of
purulence.
Example Sentences
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Purulence and purulency have also the long u in the first syllable.
From Every-Day Errors of Speech by L. P. Meredith
There was a purulency, that nothing could check or overcome, that hovered over the rows of beds and emptied them.
From The Downfall by E. P. Robins
