Pus

/pʌs/

Synonyms for "pus" (65 found)

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Closest matches (13)

Strong matches (20)

Related words (32)

Noun(8 words)
pansapurulencepurulent dischargepurulent exudatepurulent matterpus dischargesaniessuppuration

Related word relations

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More general

7 entries
Hindu calendar monthbodily fluidbody fluidexudatehumorhumourliquid body substance

More specific

6 entries
abscess drainageabscess pusdraining pushistoric usageold medical usagewound pus

Collocations

6 entries
abscess puspurulent dischargepus cavitypus drainagepus formationpus sample

Derivations

1 entries
pus forming

Sample sentences

12 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Pus is coming out of my right ear.

Source: tatoeba (27065)

I have pus coming out of my gums.

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Pus has formed in the wound.

Source: tatoeba (267348)

The wound discharged pus.

Source: tatoeba (267357)

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