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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The other diseases of the ankle include pyogenic, gonorrhœal, rheumatic, gouty, and hysterical affections, arthritis deformans, and Charcot's disease.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles
It is suggested that these synovial changes follow upon repeated sprains or upon a previous pyogenic infection of the joint.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles
The elements of the vessel wall are destroyed by suppuration, and the thrombus in its lumen becomes infected with pyogenic bacteria and undergoes softening.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
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
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
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