| thyroiditis, suppurative | Inflammatory disease of the thyroid gland caused by bacteria, fungi, protozoa, or flatworms. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| 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) |