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Purulent vs Mattery - What's the difference?

purulent | mattery |

As adjectives the difference between purulent and mattery

is that purulent is (medicine) consisting of pus, or matter; partaking of the nature of pus; attended with suppuration; as, purulent inflammation while mattery is pussy, purulent (containing or secreting pus).

purulent

English

(Webster 1913)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (medicine) Consisting of pus, or matter; partaking of the nature of pus; attended with suppuration; as, purulent inflammation.
    • * (English Citations of "purulent")

    Derived terms

    * mucopurulent

    mattery

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • pussy, purulent (containing or secreting pus)
  • (obsolete) Full of substance or matter; important.
    • (Ben Jonson)