单词 | pyosis |
释义 | pyosisn. Medicine. Originally: a collection of pus, esp. within the eye (cf. hypopyon n.). Later also: the formation of pus; suppuration; pyogenic infection. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > suppuration > [noun] festeringa1400 maturation?a1425 rankling?a1425 suppuration?a1425 whealingc1440 mattering?c1450 rancouring1567 suppurating1589 resolution1598 empyema1655 pyosis1684 pyogenesis1848 assimilation1864 1684 tr. S. Blankaart Physical Dict. 243 Pyosis [L. Pyosis] is a Collection of Pus in any part of the Body. 1768 J. H. Mauclerc Nomenclatura Critica Morborum Ocularium 20 It is certain, that Pyosis and Hypopyon mean the same thing; and that Onyx, or Unguis, proceeds from that gathering of matter being at last hardened, and bearing some likeness to the Nail. 1864 R. T. Trall Hand-bk. Hygienic Pract. 174 Hypopyon.—Pyosis; Abscesses of the Eye. Small abscesses between the layers of the cornea; also collections of purulent matter in the chambers of the eye. 1895 T. H. Green Introd. Pathol. & Morbid Anat. (ed. 8) 348 Suppuration, or pyosis, whether in the form of acute abscess, osteomyelitis, or metastatic pyæmia, is usually associated with the presence of cocci. 1931 Lancet 4 July 51/1 Apart from the cutaneous lesions of leprosy and yaws, scabies, impetigo, and pyosis were common. 2004 Amer. Jrnl. Ophthalmol. 137 183/1 From childhood this patient had suffered from skin pyosis, hyperkeratosis, and loss of scalp hair. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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