Definition of Pyoderma

1. Noun. (medicine) An infection of the skin by pyogenic bacteria. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pyoderma

1. a pus-causing skin disease [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pyoderma

pyloric valve
pyloric vein
pyloroplasty
pylorus
pyloruses
pyn
pyne
pyned
pynes
pyning
pynoun
pynouns
pyo-
pyocyanase
pyocyanin
pyoderma (current term)
pyodermas
pyodermata
pyodermic
pyogenic
pyoid
pyometra
pyoner
pyoners
pyonings
pyopneumothorax
pyorrhea
pyorrhea alveolaris
pyorrheal
pyorrheas

Literary usage of Pyoderma

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Code of Federal Regulations by Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Staff (2005)
"Wounds, abscesses, cellulitis, and superficial/juvenile pyoderma: Treat for 5 to 7 days or for 48 hours after all signs have subsided. ..."

2. A Practical treatise on diseases of the skin for the use of students and by Oliver Samuel Ormsby (1921)
"... impetigo or a simple pyoderma but when filtered bouillon cultures of the same organisms, which contained no cocci but only their toxins, were employed, ..."

3. Journal of Cutaneous Diseases Including Syphilis by American Dermatological Association (1913)
"In erysipelas and pyoderma it is an admirable remedy when used judiciously and cautiously. Iodine and its salts have been used extensively, internally, ..."

4. Skin and Venereal Diseases (1918)
"There were in addition 919 cases of pyoderma in which the distribution of the lesions strongly suggested pediculosis, but in which no absolute evidence was ..."

5. Digestive Diseases of the U. S.: Epidemiology and Impact edited by James E. Everhart (1994)
"Association With Other Diseases Many systemic conditions such as aphthous stomatitis, erythema nodosum, uveitis, and pyoderma gangrenosum have been noted to ..."

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