Pus

  • 41pus — [16] English borrowed pus from Latin pūs, which was descended from the prehistoric Indo European base *pū (source also of English foul and Latin puter ‘rotten’, from which English gets putrid [16]). Its stem form pūr has given English purulent… …

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  • 42pus|sy — puss|y1 «PUS ee», noun, plural puss|ies. 1. = cat (def. 1). (Cf. ↑cat) 2. a catkin, as of a willow. 3. = hare (def. 1). (Cf. ↑hare) 4. a) t …

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  • 43pus — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ green, yellow VERB + PUS ▪ ooze ▪ The wound had not healed properly and was oozing pus. PUS + VERB ▪ …

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  • 44pus — n. 1) to discharge pus 2) pus forms * * * to dischargepus pus forms …

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  • 45pus — 1) pus (G). Afoot 1) •pus (L). Pus, inflammation …

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  • 46pus — I. /pʌs / (say pus) noun a yellow white, more or less viscid substance produced by suppuration and found in abscesses, sores, etc., consisting of a liquid plasma in which leukocytes, etc., are suspended. {Latin; related to Greek pyon pus. See… …

  • 47pus — {{#}}{{LM P32341}}{{〓}} {{SynP33118}} {{[}}pus{{]}} {{◆}}(pl. puses){{◇}} {{《}}▍ s.m.{{》}} Líquido espeso y amarillento que segregan a veces las heridas o tejidos inflamados e infectados. {{★}}{{\}}ETIMOLOGÍA:{{/}} Del latín pus.… …

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  • 48PUS — n. m. Matière liquide, épaisse, blanchâtre, qui se forme dans les abcès, qui sort des plaies et des ulcères. Le pus commence à se former. Faire sortir le pus d’un abcès …

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  • 49pus — puslike, adj. /pus/, n. a yellow white, more or less viscid substance produced by suppuration and found in abscesses, sores, etc., consisting of a liquid plasma in which white blood cells are suspended. [1535 45; < L; akin to Gk pýon pus. See PYO …

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  • 50pus — (m) (Intermedio) secreción amarillenta de tejidos inflamados Ejemplos: Si revientas un grano de pus, te quedará una cicatriz. Pus en la garganta es síntoma de la gripe. Sinónimos: secreción, podredumbre …

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