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pus
[ puhs ]
noun
- a yellow-white, more or less viscid substance produced by suppuration and found in abscesses, sores, etc., consisting of a liquid plasma in which white blood cells are suspended.
pus
/ pʌs /
noun
- the yellow or greenish fluid product of inflammation, composed largely of dead leucocytes, exuded plasma, and liquefied tissue cells
pus
/ pŭs /
- A thick, yellowish-white liquid that forms in infected body tissues, consisting of white blood cells, dead tissue, and cellular debris.
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Other Words From
- puslike adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of pus1
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Example Sentences
Swelling, pus, the whole shebang; an angry reaction that lasted weeks.
Various scratches and cuts line her arms and face; a pus-filled abscess burns on her right arm.
At that point, Tyson had become a scavenger spewing bile and pus.
It is thinner than that of chronic bronchitis, and upon standing separates into three layers of pus, mucus, and frothy serum.
When at all abundant, pus forms a white sediment resembling amorphous phosphates macroscopically.
Pus-casts may appear if the process extends up into the kidney tubules (see Fig. 62).
In suppurations of the urinary tract pus-producing organisms may be found.
On the other hand, except in children, where the percentage is normally low, pus is uncommon with less than 80 per cent.
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