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# pus

noun (pus — uncountable)

«pus» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Pus is a thick yellow or greenish liquid that forms in a cut or sore that is infected. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pus/#m1)
2. It is made of dead white blood cells, germs and bits of tissue. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pus/#m2)

### In the lessons

In health and first-aid lessons, pus is a sign of infection: keep cuts clean and tell an adult or a doctor if a wound fills with pus, gets red, hot or swollen. In science it shows the body's white blood cells fighting germs. Phrases: «full of pus», «pus came out».

### Examples

- The cut on his knee was full of pus. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pus/#x1)
- Pus is a sign that germs got into a wound. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pus/#x2)
- Don't squeeze spots with pus; you can spread germs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pus/#x3)
- The doctor cleaned the pus out of the sore. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pus/#x4)
- White blood cells fighting germs make pus. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pus/#x5)
- If a cut has pus and feels hot, show it to an adult. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pus/#x6)

### Note

Uncountable: «some pus», never «a pus» or «puses». Pronounced like «bus» with a «p». Don't confuse with «puss» (a cat, as in «Puss in Boots») — they sound the same.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «pus» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pus/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«pus» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/pus.html) on Mova free.