pus
English
/pʌs/
noun
Definitions
- A whitish-yellow or yellow substance composed primarily of dead white blood cells and dead pyogenic bacteria; normally found in regions of bacterial infection.
Etymology
Derived from Latin pūs (pus) root from Proto-Indo-European *puH- (rotten, foul, rot, stink, pus).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*puH-
Gloss
rotten, foul, rot, stink, pus
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Property
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- afoul English
- befilth English
- befoul English
- mucopus English
- puslike English
- putrescent English
- purulentus Latin
- puteo Latin
- puteo, putēre Latin
- puter Latin
- puter, putrem Latin
- puteō Latin
- putrefacio Latin
- putrefactio Latin
- putrefactiō Latin
- putreo Latin
- putridus Latin
- putrēre Latin
- putēre Latin
- pūs Latin
- pūteō Latin
- pūtōrem Latin
- pus Italian
- puzzare Italian
- puzzore Italian
- pus Dutch, Flemish
- pourriture French
- pus Spanish, Castilian
- πυός Ancient Greek
- πύον Ancient Greek
- πῦον Ancient Greek
- *puH- Proto-Indo-European
- *puHtós Proto-Indo-European
- *púH-ye-ti Proto-Indo-European
- pus Portuguese
- *bi- Proto-Germanic
- *fūlaz Proto-Germanic
- *fūô Proto-Germanic
- pus Catalan, Valencian
- փուտ Old Armenian
- putréfier Middle French
- *fūliþu gmw-pro
- *putso Proto-Albanian
- *spHul Proto-Albanian