Pus

[L.]. A liquid substance consisting of cells and an albuminous fluid (liquor puris), formed in certain kinds of inflammation. P., Blue, pus colored blue by the bacillus pyocyaneus. P.-corpuscles, the corpuscles found in pus. P., Curdy, pus containing cheesy-looking flakes. P., Ichorous, pus that is thin and acrid. P., Laudable, a whitish, inodorous pus, formerly thought to be e ential to the healing of wounds. P., Sanious, pus mixed with blood. P. -tube. See Pyosalpinx. Pustula malign a. Anthrax. 538