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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.
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Example Sentences
- They occur when an infection causes pus and infected material to collect in the skin.
- But the swelling remained and the wound continued to ooze pus.
- Wolff, however, argued that much of the damage that actinomycosis causes in humans is due to pus.
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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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American Heritage
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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Science Dictionary
pus  (pŭs) Pronunciation Key
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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Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia
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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