pus
noun/pʌs/
/pʌs/
[uncountable]- a thick yellow or green liquid that is produced in a wound as a result of an infection
- The wound had not healed properly and was oozing pus.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- green
- yellow
- ooze
- ooze
- ooze out
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin.Definitions on the go
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