pyogenic
/ˌpaɪ.əˈdʒɛnɪk/adjective
pyogenic is an adjective meaning “Referring to bacterial infections that make pus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled P-Y-O-G-E-N-I-C, and it appears about once in every 32 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does pyogenic mean?
adjective
- 1
Referring to bacterial infections that make pus.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce pyogenic?
- /ˌpaɪ.əˈdʒɛnɪk/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of pyogenic
- more pyogenic comparative
- most pyogenic superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is pyogenic?
Pyogenic appears about once in every 32 million words in written English, the 171,907th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Pyogenic in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense tending to make pus:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | pyogénique |
| Portuguese | piogénico, piogênico |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does pyogenic come from?
From pyo- + -genic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).