Pus

English

Noun

Pus (uncountable)

1. A whitish-yellow or yellow substance made primarily of dead white blood cells and dead bacteria; normally found in regions of bacterial infection.

Derived terms

• pussy

Verbs for Pus

cough up—; discharge—; drain—; eject—; emit—; expel—; fester—; localize—; produce—; —befouls; —contaminates; —defiles; —escapes; —exudes from; —fills; — forms; —offends; —oozes from; —pollutes; —reeks; —smears; —spatters; —sullies.

Thesaurus

carrion, chyle, colostrum, corruption, dandruff, decay, discharge, excrement, festering, filth, foul matter, furfur, gangrene, gleet, humor, ichor, lachryma, lactation, leukorrhea, lymph, matter, mattering, mess, milk, muck, mucor, mucus, obscenity, ordure, peccant humor, phlegm, purulence, putrid matter, rankling, rheum, rot, running, saliva, sanies, scurf, scuz, serous fluid, serum, slime, smut, snot, sordes, suppuration, sweat, tear, teardrop, the whites, urine

Pronunciation

• enPR: pŭs, IPA: /pʌs/, SAMPA: /pVs/
• Rhymes: -ʌs