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mucopurulent

[ myoo-kuh-pyoor-yuh-luhnt, -pyoor-uh- ]

adjective

Medicine/Medical.
  1. containing or composed of mucus and pus.


mucopurulent

/ ˌːəʊˈʊəəəԳ /

adjective

  1. pathol composed of or containing both mucus and pus
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of mucopurulent1

First recorded in 1835–45; muco- + purulent
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The symptoms are heat and discomfort with copious mucopurulent discharge.

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The mucous membrane first becomes dry; afterwards a watery discharge appears, and later, in severe cases, the discharge becomes mucopurulent.

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There is discharge from the nostrils, which may be mucopurulent, purulent, or hemorrhagic.

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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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