pus

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Scrabble points
5
Words With Friends
7
Letters
3
Pronunciation
/pʌs/
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/pʌs/ · /pʊs/

Definition of pus

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (uncountable, usually)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.”
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noun

  1. (uncountable, usually)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.”
  2. (UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of permanent undersecretary.
  3. (form-of, plural)plural of PU

verb

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

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Etymology

From Middle English pus (15th c.), a borrowing from Latin pus (“pus”). Widely displaced quitter and atter in this sense.

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