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Definitions of pus in various dictionaries:
noun - the tenth month of the Hindu calendar
noun - a fluid product of inflammation
noun - a solid silvery grey radioactive transuranic element whose atoms can be split when bombarded with neutrons
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| A generally viscous, yellowish-white fluid formed in infected tissue, consisting of white blood cells, cellular debris, and necrotic tissue. |
| a thick yellowish or greenish opaque liquid produced in infected tissue, consisting of dead white blood cells and bacteria with tissue debris and serum. |
| A thick yellowish or greenish opaque liquid produced in infected tissue, consisting of dead white blood cells and bacteria with tissue debris and serum. |
| a fluid product of inflammation |
| the tenth month of the Hindu calendar |
| thick, yellowish liquid that forms in and comes from an infected cut or injury in the body: |
| thick, yellow liquid that forms in and comes out from infected body tissue |
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Pus is an exudate, typically white-yellow, yellow, or yellow-brown, formed at the site of inflammation during bacterial or fungal infection. An accumulation of pus in an enclosed tissue space is known as an abscess, whereas a visible collection of pus within or beneath the epidermis is known as a pustule, pimple, or spot. * Pus consists of a thin, protein-rich fluid, known as liquor puris, and dead leukocytes from the body's immune response (mostly neutrophils). During infection, macrophages release cytokines which trigger neutrophils to seek the site of infection by chemotaxis. There, the neutrophils release granules which destroy the bacteria. The bacteria resist the immune response by releasing toxins called leukocidins. As the neutrophils die off from toxins and old age, they are destroyed by macrophages, forming the viscous pus. * Bacteria that cause pus are called pyogenic.Although pus is normally of a whitish-yellow hue, changes in the color can be observed under certain circumsta |