| 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) |
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| blue pus | Pus tinged with pyocyanin, a product of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| 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 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) |
| 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) |
| T-cell-rich, B-cell lymphoma | <tumour> A B-cell lymphoma in which more than 90% of the cells are of T-cell origin, masking the large cells that form the neoplastic B-cell component. See: adult T-cell lymphoma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| absorption cell | A small glass chamber with parallel sides, in which absorption spectra of solutions can be obtained. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acid cell | One of the cell's of the gastric glands; it lies upon the basement membrane, covered by the chief cell's, and secretes hydrochloric acid that reaches the lumen of the gland through fine intracellular and intercellular canals (canaliculi). Synonym: acid cell, oxyntic cell. (05 Mar 2000) |