pyogenic
Americanadjective
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producing or generating pus.
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attended with or pertaining to the formation of pus.
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It has occasionally happened that when such an abscess has been opened and become infected with pyogenic organisms, the femoral vessels have been eroded, and serious or even fatal hæmorrhage has resulted.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles
Emphysema unaccompanied by pyogenic processes usually requires no treatment, though an occasional case may require punctures of the skin to liberate the air.
From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Chevalier Jackson
Acute Suppurative Tonsillitis and Peri-tonsillitis—Quinsy.—This is an acute suppurative inflammation of the tonsils and peritonsillar tissue, due to infection with pyogenic bacteria.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles
It is due to infection with pyogenic bacteria, which usually gain access to the gland by the blood stream, as, for example, in typhoid fever, pyæmia, influenza, and other acute infective diseases.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles
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
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