pus

🇺🇸 /pʌs/ 🇬🇧 /pʌs/
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noun
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A thick liquid that forms in a wound when the body is fighting an infection.

The cut on his hand was full of pus, which meant it was infected.

translation

n. A thick liquid that forms in a wound when the body is fighting an infection.

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Plural puss