Definition of Puslike

1. Adjective. Resembling pus. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Puslike

1. resembling pus [adj] - See also: pus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Puslike

pushup
pushups
pushy
pusil
pusilanimous
pusillanimities
pusillanimity
pusillanimous
pusillanimously
pusillanimousness
pusle
pusled
pusles
pusley
pusleys
puslike (current term)
pusling
pusly
puss
puss in the corner
pussel
pussels
pusser
pussers
pusses
pussier
pussies
pussiest
pussification
pussified

Literary usage of Puslike

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Homœopathic Therapeutics by Samuel Lilienthal (1890)
"... discharge often decidedly yellow, slimy, sometimes sticky or watery matter; burning, itching, papular eruption, exuding the same puslike moisture. ..."

2. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"3. prosecution, practice, cultivation, conduct, business. 4. See BUSINESS, FAD. purulent, a. Spec, puslike, suppurative ..."

3. Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by United States Bureau of Animal Industry, John William Adams, Adolph Eichhorn, Maurice Crowther Hall, William Heyser Harbaugh, Allen Anderson Holcombe, Rush Shippen Huidekoper, James Law, Leonard Pearson, Alexander François Augustin Liautard, Charles B. (1916)
"Thrombi, in some instances, soften in their centers, and are then observed to contain a puslike substance. ..."

4. Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by United States Bureau of Animal Industry (1911)
"In this case, a puslike exudate is found between the membranes covering the brain. In cerebritis, or inflammation of the interior of the brain, ..."

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