Pus; purulent, infected, or rotten material.
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| 释义 | the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > suppuration > [noun] > pus or matter (26) wursomeOE Pus; purulent, infected, or rotten material. yousterc725 Fetid discharge from a wound; pus, sanies. warec1175 Pus, matter. quittorc1300 Pus; a purulent discharge. Also figurative. Now Jamaican (in forms quitta, quitter). corrumpciona1340 An early by-form of corruption, n.: cf. corrump, v. humour1340 An altered or abnormal form of any of these fluids, esp. as believed to be the cause of a disease or other medical condition, or (poetic) of a… atter1398 Corrupt matter, pus, from a sore, ulcer, abscess, etc. mattera1400 spec. Purulent material, pus; (now) esp. purulent discharge from the eyes. Also †corrupt matter (obsolete). Cf. matter, v. 1, mattering, n., mattering… pus?a1425 A thick, usually creamy, yellowish, or greenish fluid produced in tissue infected with certain types of bacteria and other microorganisms, and… filthiness1525 concrete. Unclean or disgusting matter, e.g. excrement; filth. Formerly also as a count noun. Now rare. corruption1526 concrete. Decomposed or putrid matter, esp. in a sore, boil, etc.; pus. Obsolete exc. dialect. filth1561 Originally: decay or decayed tissue within the body. In later use also: mucus, blood, or another body fluid, esp. when considered unclean; spec. pus… gear1562 Corrupt and foul matter; pus. Obsolete. sanies1562 Pathology. A thin fetid pus mixed with serum or blood, secreted by a wound or ulcer. baggage1576 Purulent or corrupt matter, pus. Obsolete. purulence1598 Pus or purulent material. Also figurative. Now chiefly historical. suppuration1601 A localized collection of pus; an abscess or boil; (also, as a mass noun) pus, purulent material. lye1615 The limpid acrid fluid which runs from a blister or the like; the ‘water’ which collects in the body in dropsy. Now only dialect. congestion1634 Medicine. The accumulation of blood or morbid matter in any part of the body; ‘a collection of matter, as in abscesses and tumours’ (Johnson). Obs… colluvies1651 Chiefly Medicine. A collection or gathering of filth or foul matter; spec. foul discharge from an ulcer. collution1657 ? = colluvies, n. 1. In Phys. Dict. 1657 (appended to Tomlinson), explained as ‘filth, impurity’. colloid1849 Pathology. The colourless or yellowish transparent jelly-like substance formed in colloid degeneration; also a similar substance found normally in… purulage1898 Purulent material. Subcategories:— substance in (1) — qualities of (2) |
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