| purulent pleurisy | Pleurisy with empyema. Synonym: suppurative pleurisy. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| purulent pneumonia | Pneumonia caused by an organism that produces pus, implying that there can be destruction of lung tissue with permanent changes; usually sputum contains pus. Staphylococci, haemolytic streptococci, and Friedlander's bacillus are typical causes, as opposed to Streptococcus pneumoniae, which is rarely a cause of purulent pneumonia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| purulent retinitis | Purulent or septic retinitis resulting from the arrest of septic emboli in the retinal vessels. Synonym: purulent retinitis, septic retinitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| purulent synovitis | Acute inflammation of synovial membranes, with purulent effusion into a joint, due to bacterial infection; the usual route of infection is hemic to the synovial tissue, causing destruction of the articular cartilage, and may become chronic, with sinus formation, osteomyelitis, deformity, and disability. Synonym: purulent synovitis, pyarthrosis, pyogenic arthritis, suppurative synovitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| puruloid | Resembling pus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| purvey | 1. To furnish or provide, as with a convenience, provisions, or the like. "Give no odds to your foes, but do purvey Yourself of sword before that bloody day." (Spenser) 2. To procure; to get. "I mean to purvey me a wife after the fashion of the children of Benjamin." (Sir W. Scot) Origin: OE. Purveien, porveien, OF. Porveeir, porveoir, F. Pourvoir, fr. L. Providere. See Provide, and cf. Purview. 1. To purchase provisions; to provide; to make provision. 2. To pander; with to. " Their turpitude purveys to their malice." Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| purveyance | 1. The act or process of providing or procuring; providence; foresight; preparation; management. "The ill purveyance of his page." (Spenser) 2. That which is provided; provisions; food. 3. A providing necessaries for the sovereign by buying them at an appraised value in preference to all others, and oven without the owner's consent. This was formerly a royal prerogative, but has long been abolished. Origin: Cf. F. Pourvoyance. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| purveyor | 1. One who provides victuals, or whose business is to make provision for the table; a victualer; a caterer. 2. An officer who formerly provided, or exacted provision, for the king's household. 3. A procurer; a pimp; a bawd. Origin: OE. Porveour, OF. Pourveor, F. Pourvoyeur. See Purvey, and cf. Proveditor. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| purview | 1. The body of a statute, or that part which begins with " Be it enacted, " as distinguished from the preamble. Hence: The limit or scope of a statute; the whole extent of its intention or provisions. "Profanations within the purview of several statutes." (Bacon) 2. Limit or sphere of authority; scope; extent. "In determining the extent of information required in the exercise of a particular authority, recourse must be had to the objects within the purview of that authority." (Madison) Origin: OF. Purveu, pourveu, F. Pourvu, provided, p. P. Of OF. Porveoir, F. Pourvoir. See Purvey, View, and cf. Proviso. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |