Pronunciations (3)
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/pʌs/
Pronunciation notes
- General-American
- Received-Pronunciation
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/pʊs/
Pronunciation notes
- Northern-England
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pʌs
Noun
A whitish-yellow or yellow substance composed primarily of dead white blood cells and dead pyogenic bacteria, normally found in regions of bacterial infection.
Usage- Uncountable
- usually
- Examples
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Pus was seeping out of the wound.
Verb
To emit pus.
Usage- Rare
- Examples
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For quotations using this term, see Citations:pus.
Noun
a fluid product of inflammation