pus
Example Sentences
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Common symptoms of mpox include a skin rash or lesions filled with pus, which can last from two to four weeks.
From BBC
All Awwal Musa's fingers were clawed and her legs discharged pus.
From BBC
As Ms Buhari spoke, she paused to wipe the pus oozing from her wound.
From BBC
In Season 2, that was an episode titled "Milkmaids" which centered on people quite literally eating pus and made me also quite literally puke.
From Salon
Despite being dizzy and confused, she said she was put back to work soon after in the prison’s laundry room and received almost no treatment for months, even when her wound oozed green pus.
From Seattle Times
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