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单词 pus
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Definition of pus in English:

pus

noun pʌspəs
mass noun
  • A thick yellowish or greenish opaque liquid produced in infected tissue, consisting of dead white blood cells and bacteria with tissue debris and serum.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The tonsils and the back of the throat may look red, swollen and dotted with whitish or yellowish patches of pus.
    • An acute middle ear infection can cause a build up of pus and blood inside the middle ear, which may feel very uncomfortable.
    • Sinus drainage is the draining of mucus or pus (present as a result of infection) from the nasal sinuses.
    • The bacteria or fungi, along with infected brain cells and pus, mass together in one area of the brain.
    • The effect is perhaps marginally greater in the samples of surgical pus than in the empyema pus.
    • The skin over these swollen lymph nodes may become warm and red, and occasionally the lymph nodes drain pus.
    • The formation of pus as a result of infected tissue around the anus or rectum.
    • The surrounding tissue swells up and thin pus leaks through narrow passages called sinuses onto the surface of the skin.
    • The areas will usually appear red and purple with yellow pus or clear yellow liquid on the surface.
    • Signs and symptoms of an abscess include swelling and redness, pus, and fever.
    • Remarkably, he inoculated himself with pus from a suppurating bubo to fortify himself against bubonic plague.
    • Occasionally blisters become infected, and are filled with yellow pus.
    • The pus is not infected but consists of white blood cells.
    • There is a urethral discharge, yellow pus, mucus and pus or clear mucus at the opening.
    • In some cases, the doctor may need to remove pus and debris from the ear with gentle cleaning or suction.
    • The head may break, and the boil may begin to drain pus, blood, or an amber-colored liquid.
    • Also very rarely, sinusitis can spread to form a pocket of pus in an eye socket, the brain or a facial bone.
    • When the bone is infected, pus is produced within the bone.
    • In two patients the organism was isolated from pus as well as blood.
    • This causes immense pain because in the night, blood, pus, and water from the skin leak out to form a dry crust on the outside of the open weave bandages.
    Synonyms
    matter, suppuration, discharge, secretion
    rare sanies

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin.

  • foul from Old English:

    The Old English word foul comes from an ancient root shared by Latin pus (adopted into late Middle English) Latin putere ‘to stink’ (source of LME putrid), and the original sense was ‘stinking or disgusting’. Foul play indicating unfair conduct or treachery is recorded from the late 16th century, and sports players have been able to complain of ‘a foul’ since the 1750s. See also fair

Rhymes

bus, buss, concuss, cuss, fuss, Gus, huss, muss, plus, Russ, sus, suss, thus, truss, us

Definition of pus in US English:

pus

nounpəspəs
  • A thick yellowish or greenish opaque liquid produced in infected tissue, consisting of dead white blood cells and bacteria with tissue debris and serum.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The effect is perhaps marginally greater in the samples of surgical pus than in the empyema pus.
    • There is a urethral discharge, yellow pus, mucus and pus or clear mucus at the opening.
    • Also very rarely, sinusitis can spread to form a pocket of pus in an eye socket, the brain or a facial bone.
    • In some cases, the doctor may need to remove pus and debris from the ear with gentle cleaning or suction.
    • This causes immense pain because in the night, blood, pus, and water from the skin leak out to form a dry crust on the outside of the open weave bandages.
    • The head may break, and the boil may begin to drain pus, blood, or an amber-colored liquid.
    • The skin over these swollen lymph nodes may become warm and red, and occasionally the lymph nodes drain pus.
    • Remarkably, he inoculated himself with pus from a suppurating bubo to fortify himself against bubonic plague.
    • The surrounding tissue swells up and thin pus leaks through narrow passages called sinuses onto the surface of the skin.
    • The areas will usually appear red and purple with yellow pus or clear yellow liquid on the surface.
    • In two patients the organism was isolated from pus as well as blood.
    • When the bone is infected, pus is produced within the bone.
    • The formation of pus as a result of infected tissue around the anus or rectum.
    • Sinus drainage is the draining of mucus or pus (present as a result of infection) from the nasal sinuses.
    • Signs and symptoms of an abscess include swelling and redness, pus, and fever.
    • Occasionally blisters become infected, and are filled with yellow pus.
    • An acute middle ear infection can cause a build up of pus and blood inside the middle ear, which may feel very uncomfortable.
    • The bacteria or fungi, along with infected brain cells and pus, mass together in one area of the brain.
    • The tonsils and the back of the throat may look red, swollen and dotted with whitish or yellowish patches of pus.
    • The pus is not infected but consists of white blood cells.
    Synonyms
    matter, suppuration, discharge, secretion

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin.

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