'Pus' definitions:
Definition of 'Pus'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Pus'
From: GCIDE
- Pus \Pus\, n. [L., akin to Gr. ?, ?, and to E. foul: cf. F. pus. See Foul, a.] (Med.) The yellowish white opaque creamy matter produced by the process of suppuration. It consists of innumerable white nucleated cells floating in a clear liquid. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'pus'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- carrion,
- chyle,
- colostrum,
- corruption,
- dandruff,
- decay,
- discharge,
- excrement,
- festering,
- filth,
- foul matter,
- furfur,
- gangrene,
- gleet,
- humor,
- ichor,
- lachryma,
- lactation,
- leukorrhea,
- lymph,
- matter,
- mattering,
- mess,
- milk,
- muck,
- mucor,
- mucus,
- obscenity,
- ordure,
- peccant humor,
- phlegm,
- purulence,
- putrid matter,
- rankling,
- rheum,
- rot,
- running,
- saliva,
- sanies,
- scurf,
- scuz,
- serous fluid,
- serum,
- slime,
- smut,
- snot,
- sordes,
- suppuration,
- sweat,
- tear,
- teardrop,
- the whites,
- urine