pus
A whitish-yellow or yellow substance composed primarily of dead white blood cells and…A whitish-yellow or yellow substance composed primarily of dead white blood cells and dead pyogenic bacteria, normally found in regions of bacterial infection.
» A wise man can derive gold even from pus.
Мудрец должен и из гноя выбирать золото. — ascolto
Мудрець мусить і з гною вибирати золото. — ascolto
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1 senses(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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- a fluid product of inflammation
- the tenth month of the Hindu calendar
Examples
17 sentencesA wise man can derive gold even from pus.
Мудрець мусить і з гною вибирати золото. — ascolto
ruМудрец должен и из гноя выбирать золото. — ascolto
There's a lot of swelling and pus.
The infected wound filled up with pus.
I have pus coming out of my gums.
ruУ меня десна гноится. — sharptoothed
deMein Zahnfleisch eitert. — Yorwba
A pus-filled bump came out on me.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English pus (15th c.), a borrowing from Latin pus (“pus”). Widely displaced quFrom Middle English pus (15th c.), a borrowing from Latin pus (“pus”). Widely displaced quitter and atter in this sense.
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Forms
plural: puraSynonyms
6 synonyms- a fluid product of inflammation:purulencesuppurationichorsaniesfestering
- the tenth month of the Hindu calendar:Pansa
Word family
9 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.