pus

[puhs]

noun

1. a yellow-white, more or less viscid substance produced by suppuration and found in abscesses, sores, etc., consisting of a liquid plasma in which white blood cells are suspended.

pus

/ pʌs /

noun

1. the yellow or greenish fluid product of inflammation, composed largely of dead leucocytes, exuded plasma, and liquefied tissue cells

pus

1. A thick, yellowish-white liquid that forms in infected body tissues, consisting of white blood cells, dead tissue, and cellular debris.

Other Word Forms

• puslike adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of pus¹

1535–45; < Latin; akin to Greek pýon pus. See pyo-

Word History and Origins

Origin of pus¹

C16: from Latin pūs; related to Greek puon pus