| suppurative pneumonia | Any pneumonia associated with the formation of pus and destruction of pulmonary tissue; abscess formation may occur. Synonym: septic pneumonia. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| suppurative synovitis | 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) |
| otitis media, suppurative | Inflammation of the middle ear with purulent discharge. (12 Dec 1998) |
| thyroiditis, suppurative | Inflammatory disease of the thyroid gland caused by bacteria, fungi, protozoa, or flatworms. (12 Dec 1998) |
| uveitis, suppurative | Intraocular infection caused mainly by pus-producing bacteria and rarely by fungi. The infection may be caused by an injury or surgical wound (exogenous) or by endogenous septic emboli in such diseases as bacterial endocarditis or meningococcaemia. (12 Dec 1998) |
| acute fibrinous pericarditis | The usual lesion of acute pericarditis in which inflammation produces large quantities of fibrin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| adhesive pericarditis | Pericarditis with adhesions between the two pericardial layers, between the pericardium and heart, or between the pericardium and neighboring structures. Synonym: adherent pericardium. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bacterial pericarditis | Pericarditis produced by bacterial infection. (05 Mar 2000) |
| carcinomatous pericarditis | Pericarditis due to infiltration of carcinomatous cells, usually from surrounding structures. (05 Mar 2000) |
| viral pericarditis | Pericarditis due to a viral infection. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pericarditis | <pathology> Inflammation of the pericardium. (18 Nov 1997) |
| pericarditis calculosa | Pericardial calcification owing to antecedent pericarditis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pericarditis epistenocardica | Pericarditis accompanying transmural myocardial infarction and limited to the area over the infarct. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pericarditis obliterans | Inflammation of the pericardium leading to adhesion of the two layers, obliterating the sac. See: adhesive pericarditis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pericarditis sicca | Fibrinous pericarditis without significant pericardial effusion. (05 Mar 2000) |