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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A whitish-yellow or yellow substance composed primarily of dead white blood cells and dead pyogenic bacteria; normally found in regions of bacterial infection.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ If the blister becomes red and drains pus , see your doctor. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Get that pus to running, you think? ▪ I was dying of jealousy for guys whose faces were just cratered with seeping yellow pus . ▪ It centres ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Pus is an exudate produced by vertebrates during inflammatory pyogenic bacterial infections. PUS may also refer to: PUS (airport) , IATA code for Gimhae International Airport, Busan, South Korea PUS (language) , ISO 639-2 code for the Pashto language, spoken ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pus \Pus\, n. [L., akin to Gr. ?, ?, and to E. foul: cf. F. pus. See Foul , a.] (Med.) The yellowish white opaque creamy matter produced by the process of suppuration. It consists of innumerable white nucleated cells floating in a clear liquid.
Usage examples of pus.
On the twenty-sixth day an abscess formed on the left side below the nipple, and from it was discharged a large quantity of pus and blood.
The bubo under his arm had begun to ooze blood and a slow greenish pus.
It is not absolutely indicative of the presence of blood, for tincture of guaiacum is coloured blue by milk, saliva, and pus.
Recently a hysterectomy patient-an obese woman who had developed a big pus pocket at the bottom of her incision, right above the pubic area-was tranfferred from the gynie floor.
It is useful in the treatment of tonsillitis when pus has begun to form.
Sir Benjamin Brodie speaks of it as being well known that the inoculation of lymph or pus from the peritoneum of a puerperal patient is often attended with dangerous and even fatal symptoms.
Subsequently pleurisy, pneumonia, or even pus in the pleural cavity often result.
There was also pus at the site of the entry wound and in the vacuum bottle of the surgical drain Ford had established as a precautionary measure.
The wound was no great matter, but there were bits of dirt and debris in the wound, and the edges were red and gaping, raw surfaces clouded with a film of pus.
At the end of an indefinite period, it becomes pointed, white or yellow, and discharges pus mixed with blood.
The formation of pus in different parts of the genitourinary system is accompanied by the appearance of pus corpuscles in the urine.
During the next few weeks the wound had festered, and Nedda had crouched like a bear in the darkest recess of the gundeck, her face swollen to double its size, pus leaking out through the dirty bandage, dripping yellow and thick as cream from her chin.
After opening the abscess with a sharp blade, causing a spontaneous flow of pus, I had pushed in the tip of a hemostat clamp to insure good drainage.
Arising, his sensitive face set in hard lines, the horseleech wiped foul-smelling greenish pus from his hands with a handful of leaves torn from the bush, then approached the komees who sat weeping unashamed tears onto the big, scarred head cradled in his lap.
But the things that seized my whole attention were the yellow blobs of pus in the corners of the eyes, the mucopurulent discharge from the nostrils and the photophobia, which made the dog blink painfully at the light from the surgery window.