pus
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Neutrophils are short-lived immune cells that respond aggressively to threats and are a major component of pus.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 27, 2025
The pus looked like it contained tea leaves, which turned out to be spider eggs.
From BBC ● Nov. 27, 2023
Necrotizing fasciitis can progress quickly, producing ulcers, blisters, skin discoloration and pus.
From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2023
It involved deliberately infecting someone with the disease by pricking someone else’s smallpox pustule, removing some pus, and placing that pus inside an incision on the recipient’s arm or thigh.
From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2023
There’s a small amount of pus flowing down the giraffe’s long nasal passage.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
