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pus-forming bacteria

pus-forming bacteria

6.5
A type of bacteria that causes infection and makes pus in wounds
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : bacterias formadoras de pus
  • The wound became infected with pus-forming bacteria and required antibiotic treatment.

Examples

  • Staphylococcus aureus is one of the most common pus-forming bacteria in hospital infections.

  • Doctors must identify the type of pus-forming bacteria to choose the most effective therapy.

  • Don't touch that; it might contain pus-forming bacteria!

  • The wound was infected with pus-forming bacteria.

  • Doctors must identify the type of pus-forming bacteria to choose the most effective therapy.

  • Staphylococcus aureus is one of the most common pus-forming bacteria in hospital infections.

  • The wound became infected with pus-forming bacteria and required antibiotic treatment.

Surface Forms

pus-forming bacteria singular
pus-forming bacteria plural

Morphology

pus-forming + bacterium

The phrase is directly compositional: 'pus-forming' means producing pus and combined with 'bacteria' yields 'bacteria that produce pus'. The hyphenated adjective clearly signals the causative property and this construction is cross-linguistically transparent, so a B1 learner who knows 'pus', 'form/forming', and 'bacterium' can infer the meaning.

Etymology

The term pus-forming bacteria comes from the fact that these bacteria make pus, the thick yellow liquid that appears in infected wounds. So pus-forming bacteria simply means bacteria that cause 'pus' to form in the body.