Pyogenic

//ˌpaɪ.əˈdʒɛnɪk// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Referring to bacterial infections that make pus.
Adjective
  1. 1
    producing pus wordnet

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"The term sepsis as now used in clinical surgery no longer retains its original meaning as synonymous with “putrefaction,” but is employed to denote all conditions in which bacterial infection has taken place, and more particularly those in which pyogenic bacteria are present."

Etymology

From pyo- + -genic.

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