pus

[ puhs ]

noun

1. 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.

pus

/ pʌs /

noun

1. the yellow or greenish fluid product of inflammation, composed largely of dead leucocytes, exuded plasma, and liquefied tissue cells

pus

/ pŭs /

1. A thick, yellowish-white liquid that forms in infected body tissues, consisting of white blood cells, dead tissue, and cellular debris.

Other Words From

• puslike adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of pus¹

1535–45; < Latin; akin to Greek pýon pus. See pyo-

Word History and Origins

Origin of pus¹

C16: from Latin pūs; related to Greek puon pus

Example Sentences

In Season 2, that was an episode titled "Milkmaids" which centered on people quite literally eating pus and made me also quite literally puke.

From Salon

Despite being dizzy and confused, she said she was put back to work soon after in the prison’s laundry room and received almost no treatment for months, even when her wound oozed green pus.

From Seattle Times

It also delivered results in less than four hours for urine, pus, and sputum samples, and within one day for blood samples.

From Science Daily

Watching Donald Trump speak is like watching a festering carbuncle explode in a spray of pus and blood.

From Salon

The medical staff cut his toe open with a scalpel and a milk-like pus came out.

From BBC