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pus

  [puhs]
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–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.
Origin:
1535–45; < L; akin to Gk pýon pus. See pyo-

Related forms:
puslike, adjective
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pus   (pŭs)   
n.  A generally viscous, yellowish-white fluid formed in infected tissue, consisting of white blood cells, cellular debris, and necrotic tissue.

[Latin pūs; see p- in Indo-European roots.]
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Word Origin & History

pus 
1392, from L. pus "pus" (related to puter "rotten," see putrid), from PIE *pu- (cf. Skt. puyati "rots, stinks," putih "stinking, foul;" Gk. puon "discharge from a sore," pythein "to cause to rot;" Goth. fuls, O.E. ful "foul"), perhaps originally echoic of a natural exclamation of disgust.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: pus
Pronunciation: 'p&s
Function: noun
: thick opaque usually yellowish white fluid matter formed by suppuration and composed of exudatecontaining leukocytes, tissue debris, and microorganisms
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Medical Dictionary

pus (pŭs)
n.
A generally viscous, yellowish-white fluid formed in infected tissue, consisting of white blood cells, cellular debris, and necrotic tissue.

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pus

thick, opaque, usually yellowish white fluid matter formed in association with inflammation caused by the invasion of the body by infective microorganisms (such as bacteria). It is composed of degenerating leukocytes (white blood cells), tissue debris, and living or dead microorganisms. See inflammation.

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