Open Dictionary
mouse here to listen, click to choose/add more
Location: USA
Source: Learn That Word
Profile URL: www.learnthat.org

Are you a native English speaker? How do you pronounce this word?

Thank you for contributing!
upload mp3 file or record now it's easy, promised!

{%type%} Definitions

WordNet 3.0Copyright Princeton University
{%wordnet%}
Definitions.net
{%definitions_com%}

Videos

Short "hint"

A yellowish fluid that forms at a site of infection or injury.

edit
Usage examples (33)
  • Keep your wound clean and report any formation of pus to the doctor.
  • He began arm-to-arm inoculations by taking pus from the scab of a person and transferring it to another.
  • He often had to pry his eyes open in the morning with his fingers because they had been sealed shut with pus from the infections.
  • Generally there is a discharge of greenish-yellow pus, which is very sticky.
...click for more
Tutoring comment


Tutoring comment not yet available...

add more
The Open Dictionary of English is a collaborative project, based on Open Source materials, LearnThat resources, and partner APIs.
We give special thanks to our LearnThat volunteers, as well as Princeton University and Wiktionary for their Open Source word data. We're also grateful for the support given by Google, Wordnik.com, Dictionary.com, Stands4.com and YouTube, OEDILF.com, Kylescholz.com, Best-Practice.com, Forvo.com, as well as the generous Creative Commons community.