Puss
Term
A yellowish-white, sweet-smelling “pus” with a salty tinge, consisting of dead white blood cells (granulocytes), live and dead microorganisms, tissue breakdown products, etc. A large localized collection of them is called an abscess.
Source | Glossary of Most Commonly Used Biomedical Terms and Concepts | Lithuanian University of Health Sciences | Academician Professor Antanas Praškevičius, Professor Laima Ivanovienė