pyogenic
- adjective
- /ˌpaɪəˈdʒɛnɪk/
- Specialized
:
piógeno
- The doctor diagnosed the infection as pyogenic after noticing the presence of pus in the sample.
- pyogenic granuloma
- pyogenic osteomyelitis
- patients with pyogenic
Examples
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In patients with pyogenic vertebral osteomyelitis, 6 weeks of antibiotic therapy was noninferior to 12 weeks of therapy for clinical cure.
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The patient had initially been admitted to our hospital 2 years earlier, and she was diagnosed with a pyogenic cerebral abscess.
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Pathologic examination revealed that the tissue was consistent with a pyogenic granuloma.
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Initial histologic findings suggested that these lesions were pyogenic granulomas.
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The mechanism is believed to be associated with renal outflow obstruction in the face of pyogenic infection.
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The differential diagnosis includes bacillary angiomatosis, pyogenic granuloma, and hemangioma.
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A lumbar puncture was performed, and the CSF was sent for analysis; the pathologist reported pyogenic meningitis.
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An 88-year-old Caucasian female presented a left thigh skin lesion (Figure 1), which was clinically suspected to be a pyogenic granuloma.
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In conclusion, our case was marked by several distinguishing characteristics, knowledge of which may alert the clinician to consider a diagnosis of glandular tularemia rather than one of the more common pyogenic cervical adenopathies.
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Low-density, rim-enhancing lesions typically involve the upper jugular chain, as was the case with our patient, and stranding of subcutaneous fat is not seen, unlike the case with the more common acute pyogenic abscess.
Academic text (2003)
Synonyms
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9.9
Having pus that comes from an infected wound
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8.3
Having small blisters filled with pus on the skin
Having pus in the skin or in a sore
Covered with small pus-filled bumps on the skin, often from an infection
Surface Forms
Morphology
pyogenic = pyo + gen + ic
The word is a technical medical formation from classical elements meaning roughly 'pus-producing', which is not transparent to an average B1 learner.
Etymology
The word pyogenic comes from Greek parts: pyo-, from pyon, which means 'pus', and -genic, which means 'to produce', like the word 'generate'. So pyogenic literally means 'producing pus', which is why doctors use it for bacteria or infections that make pus.