pus

Meaning

1. (declension-3) pus
2. (declension-3) foul, corrupt matter

Concepts

pus

matter

Synonyms

purulentia

Translations

Eiter

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etter

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postèma

supuração

podre

قيح

irin

posterma

-

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈpuːs]

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *puos, from Proto-Indo-European *púH-os ~ *púH-es-os, from *puH-. Cognate with Sanskrit पुवस् (púvas), Ancient Greek πύον (púon), πύθω (púthō, “to rot”), Gothic 𐍆𐌿𐌻𐍃 (fuls, “foul”), Old English fūl (“foul”), English foul.