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Meaning of "pus" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PUS

From Latin pūs; related to Greek puon pus.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PUS

pus  [pʌs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pus is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Pus

Pus is an exudate, typically white-yellow, yellow, or yellow-brown, formed at the site of inflammation during infection. An accumulation of pus in an enclosed tissue space is known as an abscess, whereas a visible collection of pus within or beneath the epidermis is known as a pustule or pimple. Pus consists of a thin, protein-rich fluid, known as liquor puris, and dead leukocytes from the body's immune response. During infection, macrophages release cytokines which trigger neutrophils to seek the site of infection by chemotaxis. There, the neutrophils engulf and destroy the bacteria and the bacteria resist the immune response by releasing toxins called leukocidins. As the neutrophils die off from toxins and old age, they are destroyed by macrophages, forming the viscous pus. Bacteria that cause pus are called suppurative, pyogenic, or purulent. If the agent also creates mucus, it is called mucopurulent. Despite normally being of a whitish-yellow hue, changes in the color of pus can be observed under certain circumstances.

Definition of pus in the English dictionary

The definition of pus in the dictionary is the yellow or greenish fluid product of inflammation, composed largely of dead leucocytes, exuded plasma, and liquefied tissue cells.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PUS

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push the boat out
push the envelope
push through
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WORDS THAT END LIKE PUS

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Synonyms and antonyms of pus in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PUS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «pus» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of pus

Translation of «pus» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PUS

Find out the translation of pus to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of pus from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pus» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pus
570 millions of speakers

English

pus
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मवाद
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

قَيْح
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

гной
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pus
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পূঁয
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pus
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Nanah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Eiter
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

고름
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pus
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mủ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சீழ்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पू
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

irin
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pus
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ropa
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

гній
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

puroi
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πύον
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

etter
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

var
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

puss
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pus

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PUS»

The term «pus» is very widely used and occupies the 16.299 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PUS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «pus» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «pus» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pus

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PUS»

Discover the use of pus in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pus and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Pox, Pus & Plague: A History of Disease and Infection
Describes the symptoms and treatment of certain illnesses throughout history, including scurvy, yellow fever, measles, typhoid, and polio.
John Townsend, 2006
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A dissertation on the properties of pus: which gaine the ...
Caustic volatile alkali dissolves a considerable portion of Pus, but not the whole of it, forming a very viscid fluid : upon adding water the Pus is separated in form of a mucilage : the same effect is produced by any of the acids. Caustic fixed ...
Everard Home, 1788
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A Dissertation on the Properties of Pus; which Gained the ...
Sir Everard Home. homogeneous, semipellucid, and white; and is separated by the nitrous acid in form of a viscid white film on the top of the liquor. Caustic volatile alkali dissolves a considerable portion of Pus, but not the whole of it, forming a ...
Sir Everard Home, 1788
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The Healing Hand: Man and Wound in the Ancient World
Pus. or. No. Pus. A key fact about wounds in ancient Greece is hidden in the very word for wound: helkos. It just cannot be translated accurately. The title of the treatise about wounds, Peri Helkon, is translated by Adams On Ulcers and by Littre ...
Guido Majno, 1991
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The Complete Equine Emergency Bible: The Comprehensive Guide ...
Quite often the affliction is 'pus in the foot', properly called a sub-solar abscess. A bruised foot will present as a similar sort of foot lameness. A corn, which is always painful, is a bruise on the heel at the so-called seat of corn. The vet or farrier ...
Karen Coumbe, Karen Bush, 2006
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Cells, Tissues, and Disease : Principles of General ...
Pus. A purulent exudate, or more simply pus, is an exudate rich in cells; its high cell content gives it a creamy look (a greenish hue is due to the high content of myeloperoxidase in the neutrophils [27]). Pus is typical of infections by strongly ...
Department of Pathology University of Massachusetts Medical School (Emeritus) Guido Majno Professor, Department of Pathology University of Massachusetts Medical School (Emerita) Isabelle Joris Associate Professor, 2004
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The Fascinating Body: How It Works
pocket of gooey yellow pus, called an abscess, filled with dead bacteria, white cells, and destroyed tissue. The problem with pus is that it has no blood supply, so like the splinter, white blood cells have no way of reaching any bacteria still alive ...
Sheldon Margulies, Sheldon Margulies, M.D., 2004
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A Dictionary of Practical Surgery: Exhibiting the Present ...
Mr. Hunter, though he endeavours to esta- Hisii it as an iuvariable fact, that no suppuration takes place, which is not preceded by inflammation, is of opinion, that collections of what be (emit extraneous matter, something like pus, may form in ...
Samuel Cooper, 1822
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The Cyclopaedia of Practical Medicine: Comprising Treatises ...
(Robert Lee.) ABSCESS, InternaL. — The term abscess (derived from abscedo, to depart, denoting that parts which were in contact have become separated) implies, in its pathological sense, a collection of pus in any of the tissues or organs of ...
John Forbes, 1833
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District Laboratory Practice in Tropical Countries
of pus from the draining sinuses contain granules, examination of which helps to differentiate whether the mycetoma is bacterial (treatable) or fungal (less easily treated). A. Israeli and other species of Actinomvces cause actino- mycosis (see ...
Monica Cheesbrough, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pus is used in the context of the following news items.
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Horrific spider bite leaves woman with 'unbelievable pain' and pus
A spider bite in the middle of the night left a country singer facing two-month horror story - and a revolting open wound oozing pus from her leg. Carelle Mowatt ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jun 15»
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Soccer-Japan FIFA official calls for 'pus' to be squeezed out
TOKYO, June 2 (Reuters) - World soccer's scandal-hit governing body FIFA needs to have the 'pus' squeezed out of it but president Sepp Blatter will not be ... «Yahoo Sports, Jun 15»
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Pus, grenades and Ben Franklin: America's first great vaccine debates
Elana is the newest member of WHYY's Health & Science desk, hailing from KCUR 89.3FM in Kansas City, Mo. where she covered the health beat for several ... «Newsworks.org, Apr 15»
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Adam Hills slams Rupert Murdoch said all Muslims should be held …
Hills fired off a tweet on Monday, calling Murdoch a 'growing pus sore', following the same formula the controversial News Corp boss used to compose his ... «Daily Mail, Jan 15»
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Is this the longest ingrown hair in history? Man films himself …
He drags out the seemingly endless black hair, covered in flecks of white pus, with a pair of tweezers in front of his bathroom mirror. Describing the disgusting ... «Mirror.co.uk, Dec 14»
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Watch stomach-churning moment man pops 30-year-old spot that …
Man accidentally sprays his wife with yellow puss - forcing him to make a ... the stomach-churning moment a man squeezes a 30-year-old puss-filled cyst all over ... «Mirror.co.uk, Dec 14»
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Want to see what happens when you squeeze a 20-year-old spot?
How can one small spot produce such a staggering volume of pus? ... the pore with a pin before squeezing the area around it and expelling torrents of pus. «Metro, Nov 14»
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Live Review: Black Pus and Oozing Wound shook the Floristree …
The experience of listening to Black Pus' music in the comfort of one's own automobile or domicile is distinctly different from standing two or three feet away from ... «Baltimore City Paper, Nov 14»
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WATCH OUT For the Puss Caterpillar
That's the message that's circulating amongst local Florida media this month about the puss caterpillar. A cute but venomous variety of caterpillar that is ... «Huffington Post, Sep 14»
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Black Pus/Oozing Wound
Rarely has such uncompromising music had such clarity and coherence. A split LP by the forensically named bands Black Pus and Oozing Wound may not ... «The Quietus, Sep 14»

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