Learn more. provide a forever homeOn any given day, Stray Rescue of St. Lous has over 200 dogs and 100 cats looking for a forever home. Find your new best friend by browsing our Adoption page to see animals available for adoption and submit your adoption application online today. There are no adoption fees for dogs or cats over six months, and there is a small adoption fee for puppies and kittens under six months.
Containing, discharging, or causing the production of pus: a purulent infection. [Middle English purulente, from Old French purulent, from Latin pÅ«rulentus, from pÅ«s, pÅ«r-, pus; see pÅ«Ì- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] puâ²ruÂ·lentÂ·ly adv.
virulence. the degree of pathogenicity of a microorganism as indicated by case fatality rates and/or its ability to invade the tissues of the host; the competence of any infectious agent to produce pathologic effects. adj., adj virÂ´ulent.-And now, the landlady coming into the room, Mrs Waters fell upon her with the utmost virulence, saying, She thought herself in a sober inn, and not in a bawdy-house; but that a set of villains had broke into her room, with an intent upon her honour, if not upon her life; and both, she said, were equally dear to her.