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Word entry · 3 letters

pus

Best crossword clue

"Infected fluid"

3 letters · collected on this word page

3 lettersPronunciation /pʌs/Part of speech nounSorted psuStarts with PEnds with S1 cluesCommon crossword word
1P2U3S

Definitions

  1. a fluid product of inflammation

Word origin

From Middle English pus (15th c.), a borrowing from Latin pus (“pus”). Widely displaced quitter and atter in this sense.

Used in a sentence

  • Pus was seeping out of the wound.
  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:pus.

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