pusn.

Brit.

/pʌs/, U.S.

/pəs/

Forms: late Middle English– pus, 1700s–1800s puss; U.S. regional (southern and south-eastern) 1900s– pulse, 1900s– purs, 1900s– purse.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin pūs.

Etymology: < classical Latin pūs viscous matter from a sore < the same Indo-European base as ancient Greek πύος pus, ultimately < the same Indo-European base as foul adj. Compare Middle French, French pus (1520 as puls ). Compare purulent adj.

Medicine.

1. A thick, usually creamy, yellowish, or greenish fluid produced in tissue infected with certain types of bacteria and other microorganisms, and consisting of dead and living phagocytes (chiefly polymorphonuclear leukocytes) and other cellular debris.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > suppuration > [noun] > pus or matter

wursomeOE

yousterc725

warec1175

quittorc1300

corrumpciona1340

humour1340

atter1398

mattera1400

pus?a1425

filthiness1525

corruption1526

filth1561

gear1562

sanies1562

baggage1576

purulence1598

suppuration1601

lye1615

congestion1634

colluvies1651

collution1657

colloid1849

purulage1898

?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 61^v Wondez of a dart..or of a stone or staffe..it is nede fleshez compressed & kutte, alterate & putrefied, making pus [?c1425 Paris quyttre] for to liquifie, & after newe flesh for to growe.

c1475 ( Surg. Treat. in MS Wellcome 564 f. 101^v (MED) Þe quytture of a newe wounde, which þat is callid pus, is whit, liȝt..and wiþouten stynkynge, and þis quytture is engendrid of þe goodnesse of naturel hete.

?1541 R. Copland Galen's Fourth Bk. Terapeutyke sig. Fij^v, in Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens Hyppocrates..teacheth vs that pus or suppuracyon is made w^t some putrefaction.

1563 T. Gale Certaine Wks. Chirurg. f. 39^v Sanies, pus, sordicies, and virulentia, and hereof cometh that of sanies, the vlcer is named a sanious vlcer.

1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs 243 The Pus is materially produced of bloud.

1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Ulcer A puss or corruption which retards the consolidating of the parts.

1794–6 E. Darwin Zoonomia (1801) I. 501 Ulcers which are said to abound with laudable pus.

1813 J. Thomson Lect. Inflammation 123 The termination by suppuration is that process in animal bodies, by which the matter of sores or pus is formed.

1873 A. Flint Treat. Princ. Med. (ed. 4) 219 Pus is opaque, less viscid than mucus,..and in water sinks to the bottom.

1954 K. Russell Princ. Dairy Farming (ed. 2) xviii. 219 (table) Milk yield greatly reduced, udder hot and painful, pus in milk, temperature high, udder induration present.

1975 R. Davies World of Wonders (1977) ii. v. 182 If it was healing well, from the bottom, there was a lot of nasty stuff near the surface, and that was evidence of proper healing. They called it laudable pus.

1994 A. Theroux Primary Colors 126 It is the color of early bruises, unpopular cats, potato wart.., foul curtains, infection, and pus.

2. figurative and in figurative contexts.

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1831 A. W. Fonblanque in Examiner 10 July 433/2 A William infuses spirit of Reform, as a George..would have infused pus of Boroughmongery.

1942 K. Patchen Coll. Poems (1968) 176 You are mean and sly and full of the pus of your pious murder.

1964 Rev. Politics 26 326 It amounts to saying that, as religion is the pus of a sick world, it will disappear as soon as the world is restored to health again.

2006 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 27 Aug. 3 People will look back in amazement at how one little pimple was allowed to grow and fester into a boil that finally burst at Friday's press conference, spreading pus all over the game.

Compounds

C1. General attributive, as pus cell, pus corpuscle, etc.

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1832 E. Blackmore Pract. Treat. Pulmonary Consumption ii. i. 176 Dr. T. Young says that ‘pus-globules are formed of blood-globules’.

1873 C. H. Ralfe Outl. Physical Chem. 169 The pus-corpuscles are spherical irregular bodies about ¹/ ₂₅₀₀ to ¹/ ₃₅₀₀ of an inch in diameter.

1917 Lancet 6 Oct. 529/1 Occasionally pus collections form and require draining.

2000 Daily Tel. 6 Sept. 23/1 Those drinking cranberry juice were 42 per cent less likely to develop pus cells in their urine (pyuria) than the others.

C2. Objective, as pus-formation, pus-former; pus-containing, pus-forming, pus-producing, etc., adjs.

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1849 Lancet 19 May 526/1 The original seat of pain and of pus-formation must have been carried downwards.

1868 W. Aitken Sci. & Pract. Med. II. 291 Even in the most acute pus-forming or false-membrane-forming meningitis, headache may be entirely absent.

1915 W. Osler Sci. & War 35 Of the germs blown into wounds from the soil and clothing and skin the pus-formers are the most numerous and most important.

1964 M. Hynes Med. Bacteriol. (ed. 8) xv. 253 As the infection spreads, the tissues, even bone, are eroded and replaced by fibrous tissue which itself is riddled with pus-containing sinuses.

1996 Woman's Day (Sydney) 10 June 73/1 Most cases [of meningitis] are caused by a small group of viruses and pus-producing bacteria.

C3. Similative, as pus-green, pus-yellow, adjs.

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1883 J. P. Cassells tr. Politzer's Text-bk. Dis. Ear 221 They appear as semi-globular, pus-green, lustrous, but non-transparent tumours.

1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xv. [Circe] 491 Virag..claps..on the wall a pusyellow flybill.

1984 T. C. Boyle Budding Prospects (1985) ii. i. 49 The tub looked as if it had last been used to disinfect lepers, the porcelain pus-yellow and ringed with the strata of ancient immersions.

2002 R. Flanagan Death of River Guide 44 His mind watched the suppurating rivers that ran in garish pus-green and bloodied rills down those sad hills when the rains came.

Derivatives

ˈpus-like adj.

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1765 tr. G. van Swieten Comm. Aphorisms Boerhaave IX. 17 Even the pus-like spittings that are discharged in pleurisies come from the lungs.

1876 Clin. Soc. Trans. 9 177 Discharge less in quantity and more pus-like.

1960 Farmer & Stockbreeder 9 Feb. 117/1 A cow is drying off and two of her teats yield a pus-like liquid only. Is this all right?

2001 Cats June 6/2 Most bacterial infections that I have seen create an effusion of pus-like fluid.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pus
释义	pusn. Brit. /pʌs/, U.S. /pəs/ Forms: late Middle English– pus, 1700s–1800s puss; U.S. regional (southern and south-eastern) 1900s– pulse, 1900s– purs, 1900s– purse. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin pūs. Etymology: < classical Latin pūs viscous matter from a sore < the same Indo-European base as ancient Greek πύος pus, ultimately < the same Indo-European base as foul adj. Compare Middle French, French pus (1520 as puls ). Compare purulent adj. Medicine. 1. A thick, usually creamy, yellowish, or greenish fluid produced in tissue infected with certain types of bacteria and other microorganisms, and consisting of dead and living phagocytes (chiefly polymorphonuclear leukocytes) and other cellular debris. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > suppuration > [noun] > pus or matter wursomeOE yousterc725 warec1175 quittorc1300 corrumpciona1340 humour1340 atter1398 mattera1400 pus?a1425 filthiness1525 corruption1526 filth1561 gear1562 sanies1562 baggage1576 purulence1598 suppuration1601 lye1615 congestion1634 colluvies1651 collution1657 colloid1849 purulage1898 ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 61^v Wondez of a dart..or of a stone or staffe..it is nede fleshez compressed & kutte, alterate & putrefied, making pus [?c1425 Paris quyttre] for to liquifie, & after newe flesh for to growe. c1475 ( Surg. Treat. in MS Wellcome 564 f. 101^v (MED) Þe quytture of a newe wounde, which þat is callid pus, is whit, liȝt..and wiþouten stynkynge, and þis quytture is engendrid of þe goodnesse of naturel hete. ?1541 R. Copland Galen's Fourth Bk. Terapeutyke sig. Fij^v, in Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens Hyppocrates..teacheth vs that pus or suppuracyon is made w^t some putrefaction. 1563 T. Gale Certaine Wks. Chirurg. f. 39^v Sanies, pus, sordicies, and virulentia, and hereof cometh that of sanies, the vlcer is named a sanious vlcer. 1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs 243 The Pus is materially produced of bloud. 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Ulcer A puss or corruption which retards the consolidating of the parts. 1794–6 E. Darwin Zoonomia (1801) I. 501 Ulcers which are said to abound with laudable pus. 1813 J. Thomson Lect. Inflammation 123 The termination by suppuration is that process in animal bodies, by which the matter of sores or pus is formed. 1873 A. Flint Treat. Princ. Med. (ed. 4) 219 Pus is opaque, less viscid than mucus,..and in water sinks to the bottom. 1954 K. Russell Princ. Dairy Farming (ed. 2) xviii. 219 (table) Milk yield greatly reduced, udder hot and painful, pus in milk, temperature high, udder induration present. 1975 R. Davies World of Wonders (1977) ii. v. 182 If it was healing well, from the bottom, there was a lot of nasty stuff near the surface, and that was evidence of proper healing. They called it laudable pus. 1994 A. Theroux Primary Colors 126 It is the color of early bruises, unpopular cats, potato wart.., foul curtains, infection, and pus. 2. figurative and in figurative contexts. ΚΠ 1831 A. W. Fonblanque in Examiner 10 July 433/2 A William infuses spirit of Reform, as a George..would have infused pus of Boroughmongery. 1942 K. Patchen Coll. Poems (1968) 176 You are mean and sly and full of the pus of your pious murder. 1964 Rev. Politics 26 326 It amounts to saying that, as religion is the pus of a sick world, it will disappear as soon as the world is restored to health again. 2006 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 27 Aug. 3 People will look back in amazement at how one little pimple was allowed to grow and fester into a boil that finally burst at Friday's press conference, spreading pus all over the game. Compounds C1. General attributive, as pus cell, pus corpuscle, etc. ΚΠ 1832 E. Blackmore Pract. Treat. Pulmonary Consumption ii. i. 176 Dr. T. Young says that ‘pus-globules are formed of blood-globules’. 1873 C. H. Ralfe Outl. Physical Chem. 169 The pus-corpuscles are spherical irregular bodies about ¹/ ₂₅₀₀ to ¹/ ₃₅₀₀ of an inch in diameter. 1917 Lancet 6 Oct. 529/1 Occasionally pus collections form and require draining. 2000 Daily Tel. 6 Sept. 23/1 Those drinking cranberry juice were 42 per cent less likely to develop pus cells in their urine (pyuria) than the others. C2. Objective, as pus-formation, pus-former; pus-containing, pus-forming, pus-producing, etc., adjs. ΚΠ 1849 Lancet 19 May 526/1 The original seat of pain and of pus-formation must have been carried downwards. 1868 W. Aitken Sci. & Pract. Med. II. 291 Even in the most acute pus-forming or false-membrane-forming meningitis, headache may be entirely absent. 1915 W. Osler Sci. & War 35 Of the germs blown into wounds from the soil and clothing and skin the pus-formers are the most numerous and most important. 1964 M. Hynes Med. Bacteriol. (ed. 8) xv. 253 As the infection spreads, the tissues, even bone, are eroded and replaced by fibrous tissue which itself is riddled with pus-containing sinuses. 1996 Woman's Day (Sydney) 10 June 73/1 Most cases [of meningitis] are caused by a small group of viruses and pus-producing bacteria. C3. Similative, as pus-green, pus-yellow, adjs. ΚΠ 1883 J. P. Cassells tr. Politzer's Text-bk. Dis. Ear 221 They appear as semi-globular, pus-green, lustrous, but non-transparent tumours. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xv. [Circe] 491 Virag..claps..on the wall a pusyellow flybill. 1984 T. C. Boyle Budding Prospects (1985) ii. i. 49 The tub looked as if it had last been used to disinfect lepers, the porcelain pus-yellow and ringed with the strata of ancient immersions. 2002 R. Flanagan Death of River Guide 44 His mind watched the suppurating rivers that ran in garish pus-green and bloodied rills down those sad hills when the rains came. Derivatives ˈpus-like adj. ΚΠ 1765 tr. G. van Swieten Comm. Aphorisms Boerhaave IX. 17 Even the pus-like spittings that are discharged in pleurisies come from the lungs. 1876 Clin. Soc. Trans. 9 177 Discharge less in quantity and more pus-like. 1960 Farmer & Stockbreeder 9 Feb. 117/1 A cow is drying off and two of her teats yield a pus-like liquid only. Is this all right? 2001 Cats June 6/2 Most bacterial infections that I have seen create an effusion of pus-like fluid. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > as lemmas PUS PUS n. Permanent Under-Secretary. ΚΠ 1925 Minute 14 July in P.R.O. WO 32/4840 (heading) Remarks of the P.U.S. 1974 P. Gore-Booth With Great Truth & Respect 324 What governed the whole of my life in this final period was the circumstance that, apart from the Secretary of State, the PUS was the only person in the Office whose obligation it was to have some knowledge of everything. 2000 Guardian (Nexis) 11 Nov. 28 As PUS, it fell to Greenhill to attend the Queen when she received the letters of credence of foreign ambassadors accredited to her. extracted from Pn. < n.?a1425 as lemmas
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