pus
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- noun
- /pəs/
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pus
- The doctor explained that the wound was producing pus, indicating an infection.
- drained pus
- oozing pus
- ml of pus
And they would say pus or body fluids.
- And they would say pus or body fluids.
- And I mean, some rivers of pus.
- I won't get more graphic than that, but yes, it acts just like a normal zit, pops, pus, etc.
- If the clogged pore becomes infected with bacteria, it forms a pimple which is a small red bump right with pus at the tip.
- And it swelled up so big that I super heated a needle underneath a flame and I stuck it in to, to like drain all the pus out.
- But I have to cut open with a knife every morning or or take a flame to a safety pin and cut open the boils to drain the pus.
- This is how they're representing pus.
- Expect blood and blood will redden with refusal furiously despondence of pus.
Examples
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I don't know what kind of infection this is, but when I press here, this little tiny hole underneath the eyelid opens up and pus comes out.
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I think there is a lot of pus.
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There was a puddle of pus under one of the people in the sick bay.
Fiction book (1991) -
A swab of the pus was taken for culture and sensitivity analysis.
Academic text (2010) -
Wound infection was determined by drainage of pus from the wound.
Academic text (1994) -
Ten ml of pus was aspirated from the right side and 4 ml from the left side.
Academic text (2005) -
He got streptococcal infection in his ankle that burst open with pus that could have left him footless, but he got it treated.
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After the injury, a thick yellowish pus formed around the cut.
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When the vet examined the abscess, she found that it was filled with pus.
Synonyms
Thick yellow or green liquid that comes from an infected wound
Pus that forms in a wound or body part during an infection
Compounds
- Specialized
A type of bacteria that causes infection and makes pus in wounds
How Thick
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word pus goes back to old Latin and Greek words for the same thing, and you can see the same idea in the English word pustule, which is a small 'sore' that often has pus. So pus is the thick, often yellow or green fluid that comes from an infection.