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pus

[puhs] / pʌs /


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Pus from the sores of an infected person are filled with contagious virus.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 18, 2022

Pus there are many variations on the male-female scale.

From New York Times • Apr. 25, 2017

Pus is compounded of dead bacteria, dead leucocytes.

From Time Magazine Archive

As their offspring developed, a strange mutation occurred among the Kos, the Yangs and the Pus.

From Time Magazine Archive

Bacillus coli communis in Pus from Abdominal Abscess 27 5.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis




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