| CURULE | • curule adj. Designating a kind of elaborate ceremonial seat inlaid with ivory, used by the highest magistrates in ancient Rome. • CURULE adj. of high authority, as a higher Roman magistrate who was entitled to a curule chair, one like a campstool with curved legs. |
| MUCOPURULENT | • mucopurulent adj. (Medicine) Characterized by mucus and pus. • MUCOPURULENT adj. containing a mixture of mucus and pus. |
| NEURULA | • neurula n. (Zoology) An embryo of vertebrates in the stage when the primitive band is first developed. • NEURULA n. (Greek) an embryo at the stage succeeding the gastrula, when the neural tube develops from the neural plate. |
| NEURULAE | • neurulae n. Plural of neurula. • NEURULA n. (Greek) an embryo at the stage succeeding the gastrula, when the neural tube develops from the neural plate. |
| NEURULAR | • neurular adj. Relating to a neurula. • NEURULAR adj. of or like a neurula, an embryo at the stage succeeding the gastrula. |
| NEURULAS | • neurulas n. Plural of neurula. • NEURULA n. (Greek) an embryo at the stage succeeding the gastrula, when the neural tube develops from the neural plate. |
| NEURULATION | • neurulation n. (Embryology) The process by which the beginnings of the vertebrate nervous system is formed in embryos. • NEURULATION n. the formation of a neurula. |
| NEURULATIONS | • neurulations n. Plural of neurulation. • NEURULATION n. the formation of a neurula. |
| PURULENCE | • purulence n. The condition of containing or discharging pus. • purulence n. Pus. • PURULENCE n. the state of being purulent, also PURULENCY. |
| PURULENCES | • purulences n. Plural of purulence. • PURULENCE n. the state of being purulent, also PURULENCY. |
| PURULENCIES | • purulencies n. Plural of purulency. • PURULENCY n. the state of being purulent, also PURULENCE. |
| PURULENCY | • purulency n. (Rare) purulence. • PURULENCY n. the state of being purulent, also PURULENCE. |
| PURULENT | • purulent adj. (Medicine) Consisting of pus. • purulent adj. Leaking or seeping pus. • PURULENT adj. secreting pus. |
| PURULENTLY | • purulently adv. In a purulent manner. • PURULENT adv. secreting pus. |
| SEROPURULENT | • seropurulent adj. That consists of both serum and pus. • SEROPURULENT adj. serum and pus. |