Pus vs Phlegm - What's the difference?
pus | phlegm |
A whitish-yellow or yellow substance composed primarily of dead white blood cells and dead pyogenic bacteria; normally found in regions of bacterial infection.
(historical) One of the four humors making up the body in ancient and mediaeval medicine; said to be cold and moist, and often identified with mucus.
* 1993 , William Dalrymple, City of Djinns , HarperCollins 1993:
Viscid mucus produced by the body, later especially mucus expelled from the bronchial passages by coughing.
* 2005 , "Endangered Species?" Hannah Beech, Time , 14 Nov 2005:
(historical, chemistry, alchemy) A watery distillation, especially one obtained from plant matter; an aqueous solution.
Calmness of temperament, composure; also seen negatively, sluggishness, indifference.
* 1942 , "Warning to Sweden", Time , 5 Oct 1942:
As an initialism pus
is permanent under secretary (uk).As a noun phlegm is
(historical) one of the four humors making up the body in ancient and mediaeval medicine; said to be cold and moist, and often identified with mucus.pus
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(wikipedia pus)Noun
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(wikipedia phlegm)Noun
(en-noun)- Each person's unique mixture of these substances determines his temperament: a predominance of blood gives a sanguine temperament; a predominance of phlegm makes one phlegmatic; yellow bile, bilious (or choleric); and black bile, melancholic.
- "Even some members of the new bourgeoisie indulge in conspicuously boorish behavior, like hawking phlegm onto the pavement or picking their noses at business meetings."
- But Swedish Nazis also talked of the necessity of saving Sweden from Bolshevism, and with the menacing Berlin radio gnawing in their ears many Swedes lost their Scandinavian phlegm .