Pus

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A generally viscous, yellowish-white fluid formed in infected tissue, consisting of white blood cells, cellular debris, and necrotic tissue.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A whitish-yellow or yellow substance composed primarily of dead white blood cells and dead pyogenic bacteria; normally found in regions of bacterial infection.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The yellowish white opaque creamy matter produced by the process of suppuration. It consists of innumerable white nucleated cells floating in a clear liquid.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. An inflammatory exudation composed of modified white blood-cells (pus-corpuscles), with more or less of the debris and of the proliferating cells of the solid tissues of the part, and a liquid plasma.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the tenth month of the Hindu calendar
  • n. a fluid product of inflammation
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    Cross Reference
    Form
    pussy   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    humor    matter    purulence    empyema   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Gus    Huss    Pruss    Rus    Russ    adjusts    bus    buss    cuss    discuss   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    sputum    excrement    mucus    synovia    bile    spittle    urine    somet    snot    ichor