pus

CEFRC1

/pʌs/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Thick yellow liquid produced by an infected wound.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Initialism of permanent undersecretary.

Examples

  • I have pus coming out of my gums.

  • Pus is coming out of my right ear.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. To emit pus.

  2. A whitish-yellow or yellow substance composed primarily of dead white blood cells and dead pyogenic bacteria, normally found in regions of bacterial infection.

More examples

In context

  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:pus.

  • Pus was seeping out of the wound.

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

The infected wound produced thick yellow blank that needed to be drained by the doctor.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

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