Pus is an English word of 3 letters with synonyms like pansa or humor. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Pus in a sentence
Related words
Pus meaning
A whitish-yellow or yellow substance composed primarily of dead white blood cells and dead pyogenic bacteria, normally found in regions of bacterial infection.
Synonyms of Pus
Using Pus
- The main meaning on this page is: A whitish-yellow or yellow substance composed primarily of dead white blood cells and dead pyogenic bacteria, normally found in regions of bacterial infection.
- Useful related words include: pansa, humor, body fluid, bodily fluid.
- In the example corpus, pus often appears in combinations such as: and pus, the pus, of pus.
Context around Pus
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 8 middle, 10 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Pus
- In this selection, "pus" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 22.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, surveillance, oozing, units, filled, leaking and cases stand out and add context to how "pus" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and even pus filled pimples and and oozing pus. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "pus" sits close to words such as aaryan, acrimony and akash, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with pus
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Follow this thread for results from Polling Units, PUs. (9 words)
NAN reports that voting eventually commenced at both PUs at 11:20am. (12 words)
She noticed it had become infected and was growing in size and oozing pus. (14 words)
The number of attendees must be 250 people or less depending on the space capacity of the venue, and those who are categorised as patients-under-investigation (PUI) or patients-under-surveillance (PUS) are not allowed to attend. (38 words)
If the pus does come out, don't keep squeezing until you see blood – that's a sign you've damaged the blood vessels around the spot, so it will take longer to heal with scarring risk. (37 words)
There weren't any antibiotics available, either, so staph infection was rampant – leaving little girls with oozing sores on their legs and boys with pus-filled open wounds on their necks. (31 words)
Example sentences (20)
Chest drains are tubes inserted into patients’ chest cavities to help them breath by draining away fluids such as water, blood and pus.
NAN reports that voting eventually commenced at both PUs at 11:20am.
She had a gaping hole under her boob, two craters in her stomach and even a pus-leaking nipple - all of which still cause her excruciating pain six months later.
There weren't any antibiotics available, either, so staph infection was rampant – leaving little girls with oozing sores on their legs and boys with pus-filled open wounds on their necks.
These infections can cause symptoms such as redness, swelling, and pus-filled blisters, worsening the underlying dandruff condition.
After learning that the fluid was pus leaking from the treated area, he contacted his doctor, but the infection eventually resolved on its own.
A MUM-0F-TWO was "days away from death" after a botched Brazilian butt lift (BBL) left her bum oozing pus and insides "feeling like nettles".
Follow this thread for results from Polling Units, PUs.
If the pus does come out, don't keep squeezing until you see blood – that's a sign you've damaged the blood vessels around the spot, so it will take longer to heal with scarring risk.
In Ovia South West Local Government Area (LGA), results from 15 out of 195 Polling Units (PUs) had been uploaded.
She noticed it had become infected and was growing in size and oozing pus.
The symptoms of this include red, inflamed bumps, and even pus-filled pimples around hair follicles.
Abel” found the masses to be interconnected abscesses, swollen pockets of pus, that had been eroding tissue in Thomas’ leg over time.
As for persons-under-surveillance (PUS) cases, there are 14 individuals who have checked into hotels for their compulsory quarantine today.
As for Person-Under-Surveillance (PUS), there are 28 individuals who have checked into hotels for their compulsory quarantine Saturday.
If germs get into the pores, the result can be swelling, redness, and pus.
In 1800, physician Benjamin Waterhouse became the first American to acquire the vaccine, after Jenner agreed to mail it to him in the form of dried threads crusted with pus.
Jose Antonio Espinoza said that it took the facility five days to see him after he signed up for sick call because he had pus coming out of his ear.
Mr Okpe said the blood and pus that was drained from him have filled the container four times already.
The number of attendees must be 250 people or less depending on the space capacity of the venue, and those who are categorised as patients-under-investigation (PUI) or patients-under-surveillance (PUS) are not allowed to attend.
Common combinations with pus
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- and pus 7×
- the pus 4×
- of pus 4×
- oozing pus 3×
- pus and 3×
- units pus 3×
- pus leaking 2×
- pus that 2×
- pus cases 2×
- person-under-surveillance pus 2×