pus Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun the tenth month of the Hindu calendar
Pansa.
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noun a fluid product of inflammation
festering; sanies; suppuration; purulence; ichor.
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noun a solid silvery grey radioactive transuranic element whose atoms can be split when bombarded with neutrons; found in minute quantities in uranium ores but is usually synthesized in nuclear reactors; 13 isotopes are known with the most important being plutonium 239
atomic number 94; plutonium; Pu.
WordNet
Pus noun
Etymology
L., akin to Gr. , , and to E.Definitions
(Med.) The yellowish white opaque creamy matter produced by the process of suppuration. It consists of innumerable white nucleated cells floating in a clear liquid.