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NONPURULENT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does nonpurulent mean?
• NONPURULENT (adjective)
The adjective NONPURULENT has 1 sense:
1. not containing pus
Familiarity information: NONPURULENT used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not containing pus
Similar:
antiseptic (thoroughly clean and free of or destructive to disease-causing organisms)
Context examples
Material, such as purulent and nonpurulent fluid, cells, or cellular debris, which has escaped from blood vessels and has been deposited in tissues or on tissue surfaces, usually as a result of inflammation.
(Exudate, NCI Thesaurus)
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