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.
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n. the tenth month of the Hindu calendar
n. a fluid product of inflammation
Word Usage
"He began arm-to-arm inoculations by taking pus from the scab of a person and transferring it to another."