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Discover LudwigThe word 'pus' is correct and can be used in written English
It is a noun that refers to a thin, yellowish-white fluid produced by infected tissue, usually in the form of a blister or abscess. Example sentence: The doctor extracted a sample of pus from the infected area for analysis.
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pus
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.
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The sting transformed into an enormous pus volcano on my thigh that considerately exploded in the middle of a meeting.
"WE'VE made vaccines from pus and poop, we make them now using eggs—so why not make them in live mosquitoes?" So says Stefan Kappe, a researcher at the Seattle Biomedical Research Institute.
THOSE who got sick, and there were many, developed large, dark blisters that oozed pus and blood.
"We were on patrol when they ambushed us," rasps one, blood and pus oozing from two bullet wounds in his belly.Last week, a section of Mr Déby's presidential guard mutinied.
In his latest novel, Will Self has the scratching of post-war Britain, so much so that, by the end, nothing is left but scabs and pus.
"WE WILL not be able to show sumo in the ring until all the pus is removed," says Hanaregoma, chairman of the Japan Sumo Association JSAA).
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Laying the pus-covered pad on the desk in front of him, he gave up his secret.
Quinsy, also called Peritonsillar Abscess, pus-filled swelling in the throat that develops infrequently as a complication of acute tonsillitis.
Infection produces a pus-filled abscess, usually localized close to the site of the original infection.
These often lead to abscesses (pus-filled cavities within tissues).
First his skin broke out in blotches, and then his complexion became covered with pus-filled eruptions, exuding a bad smell and causing a good deal of pain.
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