pus
Example Sentences
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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
My nail has gone, so has a lot of skin, and those doctors going "That is a lot of pus" is a memory that will haunt me for a long time.
From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2025
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
Federal officials urge workers to notify bosses if they have vomiting, jaundice, a sore throat with fever, diarrhea or lesions with pus.
From Washington Times ● May 31, 2023
On July 21, the day after the doctors’ positive bulletin, they discovered cotton and wool fibers mixed with the pus coming from the wound.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
