pus
noun/pʌs/
Frequency rank: #12,817 most common English word
Meaning
a thick yellowish or greenish fluid produced in infected tissue, consisting of dead white blood cells and bacteria.
Example sentence
The doctor carefully drained pus from the infected wound.
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