Nearby Words
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pouring forth |
| Synonyms: | elimination, emission, emptying, excretion, exudation, flow, ooze, pus, secretion, seepage, shower, suppuration, vent, voiding |
| Antonyms: | damming |
| Main Entry: | secretion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | discharge |
| Synonyms: | excretion, flow, movement, seepage, suppuration |
| Main Entry: | pus |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | liquid matter |
| Synonyms: | matter, maturation, purulence, purulency, pustule, sinus, suppuration |
| Notes: | pus is a Latin term for the fluid product of infection; there is no etymological connection between pus and pustule; pustule is from Latin pustula 'blister' |
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