pus

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see also: PUS, PUs

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Pronunciation

• enPR: pŭs, IPA: /pʌs/

Noun

pus (uncountable)

1. (medicine, pathology) A whitish-yellow or yellow substance composed primarily of dead white blood cells and deadpyogenic bacteria, normally found in regions of bacterial infection.

   Pus was seeping out of the wound.

Related terms

• purulent
• pustulent
• suppure, suppurate, suppurative, suppurant

Translations

• French: pus
• German: Eiter
• Italian: pus
• Portuguese: pus
• Russian: гной
• Spanish: pus

Verb

pus (third-person singular simple present pusses, present participle pussing, simple past and past participle pussed)

1. (rare) To emit pus.

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PUS

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Noun

pus

1. (UK) Initialism of permanent undersecretary

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PUs

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Noun

1. plural form of PU

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