πύον
Greek (Cypriot)
/ˈpion/
noun
Definitions
- (medicine) pus substance composed of dead white blood cells and dead bacteria found in bacterial infections
Etymology
Inherited from Ancient Greek πύον (pus), πύθω (rot, decay).
Origin
Ancient Greek
πύθω
Gloss
rot, decay
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- puriform English
- pyaemia English
- *imputiō Latin
- *puteōsus Latin
- *putīre Latin
- *pūtināsius Latin
- pus Latin
- puteō Latin
- pyogenes Latin
- pus French
- πύθω Ancient Greek
- πύον Ancient Greek
- σαρκόπυον Ancient Greek
- ἐμπύημα Ancient Greek
- *puH- Proto-Indo-European
- *fūlaz Proto-Germanic
- fulnes Old English
- fūl Old English
- पूयति Sanskrit
- foul Middle English
- pucioasă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- puroi Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- 𐍆𐌿𐌻𐍃 Gothic
- pronj Aromanian
- *puos Proto-Italic
- *pūs Proto-Italic
- *púHyati Proto-Indo-Aryan