pyogenic
Americanadjective
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producing or generating pus.
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attended with or pertaining to the formation of pus.
Other Word Forms
- nonpyogenic adjective
Etymology
Origin of pyogenic
Example Sentences
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Many varieties of this disease have been described, but all are forms of “pyogenic” or “septic stomatitis.”
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They include pyogenic affections, such as those resulting from infective conditions in the palm of the hand, different types of gonorrhœal, rheumatic, and gouty affections, and arthritis deformans.
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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.
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Entrance into the follicles of pyogenic micrococci is now regarded as the essential factor.
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There is also the presence of a pyogenic bacterium, by which the disease may be maintained and propagated.
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