Associations to the word «Pus»

Wiktionary

PUS, noun. A whitish-yellow or yellow substance composed primarily of dead white blood cells and dead pyogenic bacteria; normally found in regions of bacterial infection.

Dictionary definition

PUS, noun. The tenth month of the Hindu calendar.
PUS, noun. A fluid product of inflammation.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats