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# pus

«pus» in Mova's school dictionary: **a thick yellow or greenish liquid that forms in a cut or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (pus — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Pus is a thick yellow or greenish liquid that forms in a cut or sore that is infected. [tree →](https://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pus/#m2)

### sense 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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pus/#x1)
- Pus is a sign that germs got into a wound. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pus/#x2)
- Don't squeeze spots with pus; you can spread germs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pus/#x3)
- The doctor cleaned the pus out of the sore. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pus/#x4)
- White blood cells fighting germs make pus. [tree →](https://md.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://md.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.

### In the corpora

- [A cut that becomes red, hot, swollen or full of pus may be infected, so tell a parent.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/83-doctors-cuts-and-grazes/11/)
- [Redness, heat, swelling and yellow pus are signs of infection; pus is dead white blood cells and germs.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/4-cuts-grazes-stitches-and-splinters/13/)
- [A blister that becomes red, hot, swollen or full of yellow pus may be infected and needs a pharmacist or GP.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/49-blisters-astro-burns-and-nosebleeds-mid-match/7/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «pus» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pus/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.