pus

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin pūs.

noun

  1. A whitish-yellow or yellow substance composed primarily of dead white blood cells and dead pyogenic bacteria; normally found in regions of bacterial infection.
    pus was seeping out of the wound

verb

  1. (rare) To emit pus.
    For quotations using this term, see Citations:pus.

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