Pus Synonyms

pŭs
A fluid product of inflammation
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. purulence
  2. matter
  3. suppuration
  4. discharge
  5. maturation
  6. pansa
  7. purulency
  8. fluid
  9. pustule
  10. ichor
  11. sinus
  12. sanies
  13. festering
Synonyms:
(Adjective)
  1. puriform
  2. purulent
  3. suppurative
Synonyms:
(Verb)
  1. fester
  2. maturate
  3. suppurate

Words Related to Pus

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. mucus
  2. phlegm
  3. abscess
  4. mucoid
  5. sputum
  6. serous fluid
  7. saliva
  8. bile

Pus Sentence Examples

  • Pus being found, the abscess should be freely opened and drained.

  • The tissues of the part become disorganized or destroyed, and their place is taken by the mass of warring cellular elements now recognized as pus.

  • Although majority of the cultures from the pus aspirated are positive, a negative culture does not exclude pyogenic abscess.

  • Toes can become gangrenous and can appear black in dry gangrene or when infected becomes covered in pus and slough in wet gangrene.

  • Infected horses often develop a nasal discharge which may start clear but becomes thick with pus and often copious in amount.

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