Feel free to disagree but when it comes to suppuration, I prefer to use the word ‘purulent’.
As in “the purulent fluid drained from the wound”.
Not ” the …
…fluid drained from the wound”.
OK, now get back to whatever it was you were doing…
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Feel free to disagree but when it comes to suppuration, I prefer to use the word ‘purulent’.
As in “the purulent fluid drained from the wound”.
Not ” the …
…fluid drained from the wound”.
OK, now get back to whatever it was you were doing…
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An oslerphile suffering from a bad case of knowledge dipsosis. Key areas of interest include: emergency medicine, critical care, toxicology, tropical medicine, clinical epidemiology, history, literature and the internet-learning revolution. @precordialthump
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Purrrrrrrrr LOL
I use purulent when writing, but when talking, saying “a pus-sy hot appendix” conveys the feeling better than “purulent suppurative appendicitis”.
hildyxv
Fair points – but why resort to the -sy word when you can say:
pus bag
leaking pus
dripping with pus
an explosion of pus
pus-drenched
All better options in my book…
I use purulent when writing, but when talking, saying “a pus-sy hot appendix” conveys the feeling better than “purulent suppurative appendicitis”.
hildyxv
Fair points – but why resort to the -sy word when you can say:
pus bag
leaking pus
dripping with pus
an explosion of pus
pus-drenched
All better options in my book…