| 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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| 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) |