pyogenicadj.
/ˌpʌɪə(ʊ)ˈdʒɛnɪk/, U.S. /ˌpaɪoʊˈdʒɛnɪk/ Medicine.
Producing pus; of or relating to the production of pus; spec. designating bacteria (esp. streptococci and staphylococci) that tend to cause purulent infections; caused by such bacteria.
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1834 Lancet 9 Aug. 691/1 The formation of a thin fine membrane at the bottom, which soon becomes the pyogenic membrane.
1861 Year-bk. Med. 1860 (New Sydenham Soc.) 137 On the Pyogenic or Suppurative Diathesis.
1896 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. I. 73 Conditions of great virulence of the pyogenic microbes.
1953 R. W. Fairbrother Text-bk. Bacteriol. (ed. 7) viii. 99 A marked increase in the leucocyte count, or leucocytosis, is usually found in pyogenic infections.
1988 Q. N. Myrvik & R. S. Weiser Fund. Med. Bacteriol. & Mycol. (ed. 2) x. 152 All β-hemolytic streptococci are pyogenic but not all pyogenic streptococci are β-hemolytic.
2006 European Jrnl. Gastroenterol. & Hepatol. 18 435 The treatment of pyogenic liver abscess generally involves antibiotic therapy and radiological percutaneous drainage or aspiration.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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