| pyogenic arthritis | Acute inflammation of synovial membranes, with purulent effusion into a joint, due to bacterial infection; the usual route of infection is hemic to the synovial tissue, causing destruction of the articular cartilage, and may become chronic, with sinus formation, osteomyelitis, deformity, and disability. Synonym: purulent synovitis, pyarthrosis, pyogenic arthritis, suppurative synovitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| pyogenic bacterium | A bacterium that causes a pyogenic infection, such as the pyogenic cocci (staphylococci, streptococci, pneumococci, meningococci) and Haemophilus influenzae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pyogenic fever | <microbiology> The invasion of bloodstream by pyogenic organisms. Origin: Gr. Haima = blood (18 Nov 1997) |
| pyogenic granuloma | Granuloma pyogenicum, an acquired small rounded mass of highly vascular granulation tissue, frequently with an ulcerated surface, projecting from the skin or mucosa; histologically, the mass resembles a capillary haemangioma. Synonym: granuloma telangiectaticum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pyogenic infection | Infection characterised by severe local inflammation, usually with pus formation, generally caused by one of the pyogenic bacteria. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pyogenic membrane | A layer of pus cells lining an abscess cavity which have not yet autolyzed. Synonym: prophylactic membrane. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pyogenic pachymeningitis | Suppurative inflammation of the dura, often spreading from a neighboring osteomyelitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pyogenic salpingitis | A form of acute salpingitis usually occurring with puerperal infection. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pyogenous | <microbiology> Producing pus, pyopoietic which is the liquid inflammatory product made up of cells and a thin fluid called liquor puris Origin: Gr. Gennan = to produce (18 Nov 1997) |
| pyohemia | A rarely used term for pyaemia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pyohemothorax | Presence of pus and blood in the pleural cavity. Origin: pyo-+ G. Haima, blood, + thorax (05 Mar 2000) |
| pyoid | <medicine> Of or pertaining to pus; of the nature of, or like, pus. <medicine> Pyoid corpuscles, cells of a size larger than pus corpuscles, containing two or more of the latter. Origin: Gr. Pus + oid. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pyometra | Accumulation of pus in the uterine cavity. Origin: pyo-+ G. Metra, uterus (05 Mar 2000) |
| pyometritis | Inflammation of uterine musculature associated with pus in the uterine cavity. Origin: pyo-+ G. Metra, womb, + -itis, inflammation (05 Mar 2000) |
| pyomyositis | Abscesses, carbuncles, or infected sinuses lying deep in muscles. Origin: pyo-+ G. Mys, muscle, + -itis, inflammation (05 Mar 2000) |