English Dictionary
Definition of “pus”
pus (pʌs
)
Definitions
noun
- the yellow or greenish fluid product of inflammation, composed largely of dead leucocytes, exuded plasma, and liquefied tissue cells
Word Origin
C16: from Latin pūs; related to Greek puon pus
Translations
- British English:
pus
Pus is a thick yellowish liquid that forms in wounds when they are infected.pʌs NOUN
- Spanish:
pus
nf
- French:
pus
nm
- German:
Eiter
nm
- Chinese: 脓 n
- Arabic: قَيْح n
- Portuguese: pus nm
- Russian: гной nm
- Croatian: gnoj nm
- Czech: hnis nm
- Danish: pus nnt
- Dutch: pus nnt
- Finnish: visva n
- Greek: πύον nnt
- Italian: pus nm
- Japanese: 膿 n
- Korean: 고름 n
- Norwegian: puss nnt
- Polish: ropa nf
- Brazilian Portuguese: pus nm
- European Spanish:
pus
nf
- Swedish: var nnt
- Thai: หนอง n
- Turkish: irin n
- Vietnamese: mủ n
Usage examples
How could it not when the pus kept seeping from a still festering boil?
Mosco, Maisie, Out of the Ashes (1989)The next stage is pus from the gum socket, so ask for an early date.
Business Today (1996)It was about as popular as an eruption of pus from the national psyche, which I suppose is what it was.
New Zealand Herald (2003)Add water, tomatoes, paste, herbs pus ginger and peppercorns.
Glasgow Herald (2001)This time to everyone's great pleasure, not least the medical attendant, pus welled out.
Jim Leavesley, George Biro, THE MEDICAL MYSTERIES E-OMNIBUS (2001)
