| pus basin | A receptacle curved so as to fit closely the surface to which it is applied, used to receive the pus from a wound during its cleansing and redressing. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| aeration basin | A basin where oxygen is supplied by mechanical agitation or pneumatic means to enhance the breakdown of wastes held in suspension. (05 Dec 1998) |
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| basin | 1. A hollow vessel or dish, to hold water for washing, and for various other uses. 2. The quantity contained in a basin. 3. A hollow vessel, of various forms and materials, used in the arts or manufactures, as that used by glass grinders for forming concave glasses, by hatters for molding a hat into shape, etc. 4. A hollow place containing water, as a pond, a dock for ships, a little bay. 5. <physics> A circular or oval valley, or depression of the surface of the ground, the lowest part of which is generally occupied by a lake, or traversed by a river. The entire tract of country drained by a river, or sloping towards a sea or lake. 6. <geology> An isolated or circumscribed formation, particularly where the strata dip inward, on all sides, toward a center; especially applied to the coal formations, called coal basins or coal fields. Origin: OF. Bacin, F. Bassin, LL. Bacchinus, fr. Bacca a water vessel, fr. L. Bacca berry, in allusion to the round shape; or perh. Fr. Celtic. Cf. Bac. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| kidney basin | A shallow basin of curved, kidney-shaped design, used to collect body fluids or as a container for various other liquids. (05 Mar 2000) |
| blue pus | Pus tinged with pyocyanin, a product of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. (05 Mar 2000) |
| blue pus bacillus | A species of gram-negative, aerobic, rod-shaped bacteria commonly isolated from clinical specimens (wound, burn, and urinary tract infections). It is also found widely distributed in soil and water. P. Aeruginosa is a major agent of nosocomial infection. (12 Dec 1998) |
| cheesy pus | A very thick almost solid pus resulting from the absorption of the liquor puris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| green pus | Blue pus when, as sometimes happens, it has more of a green hue. (05 Mar 2000) |
| curdy pus | Pus containing flakes of caseous matter. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sanious pus | Ichorous pus stained with blood. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pus | <microbiology> A liquid, usually yellowish (to green) that is formed in certain infections and is composed of white blood cells, bacteria and cellular debris. (27 Sep 1997) |
| pus cell | One of the polymorphonuclear leukocytes that comprise the chief portion of the formed elements in pus. Synonym: pus cell, pyocyte. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pus corpuscle | One of the polymorphonuclear leukocytes that comprise the chief portion of the formed elements in pus. Synonym: pus cell, pyocyte. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pus tube | Distention of a fallopian tube with pus. Synonym: pus tube. Origin: pyo-+ G. Salpinx, trumpet (tube) (05 Mar 2000) |
| ichorous pus | Thin pus containing shreds of sloughing tissue, and sometimes of a fetid odour. (05 Mar 2000) |
| laudable pus | An obsolete term used when suppuration was considered unlikely to lead to pyaemia (blood poisoning) but more likely to remain localised. (05 Mar 2000) |