pus Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the tenth month of the Hindu calendar
    Pansa.
  2. noun a fluid product of inflammation
    festering; sanies; suppuration; purulence; ichor.
  3. noun a solid silvery grey radioactive transuranic element whose atoms can be split when bombarded with neutrons; found in minute quantities in uranium ores but is usually synthesized in nuclear reactors; 13 isotopes are known with the most important being plutonium 239
    atomic number 94; plutonium; Pu.

WordNet

Pus noun
Etymology
L., akin to Gr. , , and to E. foul: cf. F. pus. See Foul, a.
Definitions
  1. (Med.) The yellowish white opaque creamy matter produced by the process of suppuration. It consists of innumerable white nucleated cells floating in a clear liquid.

Webster 1913