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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Entrance into the follicles of pyogenic micrococci is now regarded as the essential factor.
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 Stelwagon, Henry Weightman
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 Jackson, Chevalier
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 Miles, Alexander
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 Miles, Alexander
It usually occurs in connection with tuberculous conditions, such as bone or joint disease, psoas abscess, or empyema, which have opened externally, and have thereby become infected with pyogenic organisms.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis
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