# pus

Pronunciation: US say "PUS" /pʌs/; UK

## Noun

1. A whitish-yellow or yellow substance made up mainly of dead white blood cells and dead pus-forming bacteria, usually found at the site of a bacterial infection.
   - Simple: A yellow or whitish substance, made of dead white blood cells and germs, found where the body is infected.
   - _The abscess had filled with pus and had to be drained._
   - _Doctors sent a sample of the pus to the lab to identify the bacteria._

## Verb

2. To give off or discharge pus. *(rare)*
   - Simple: To let out pus.
   - _Bites that pus or swell should be checked by a doctor._
   - _The infected wound pussed for days before the antibiotics took effect._

## Origin

A learned borrowing from Latin pūs.

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