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pyogenic

American  
[pahy-uh-jen-ik] / ˌpaɪ əˈdʒɛn ɪk /

adjective

Pathology.
  1. producing or generating pus.

  2. attended with or pertaining to the formation of pus.


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Etymology

Origin of pyogenic

First recorded in 1830–40; pyo- + -genic

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In cases which terminate fatally, death usually results from meningeal, pulmonary, or general tuberculosis, or from pyogenic complications and waxy degeneration.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles

Tuberculosis, lues, scarlet fever, diphtheria, enteric fever and pyogenic conditions may produce ulceration followed by cicatrices of the esophagus.

From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Chevalier Jackson

The pyogenic cocci are added factors in the pustular and furuncular cases.

From Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine by Henry Weightman Stelwagon

Eczema capitis is of surgical importance only in so far as it often forms the starting-point of infection of lymph glands by pyogenic and other organisms.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles

Abscess formation from infection with ordinary pyogenic bacteria occurs naturally in the rabbit, and frequently the animal house of a laboratory is decimated by an infective septicæmia due to B. cuniculicida.

From The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged. by J. W. H. (John William Henry) Eyre

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