pyogenic

[ pahy-uh-jen-ik ]

adjective

, Pathology.

1. producing or generating pus.
2. attended with or pertaining to the formation of pus.

Other Words From

• nonpy·o·genic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of pyogenic¹

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

Example Sentences

Many varieties of this disease have been described, but all are forms of “pyogenic” or “septic stomatitis.”

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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.

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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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It is essentially a disease of the poorly cared-for and ill-fed; the direct exciting cause is the introduction of pyogenic microörganisms into the follicular openings.

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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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