pyorrheal
adjective
py·or·rhe·al
¦pīə¦rēəl
variants or pyorrheic or less commonly pyorrhetic
-rēik
-retik
: of, relating to, or constituting pyorrhea
Word History
Etymology
pyorrheal, pyorrhetic from New Latin pyorrhea + English -al or -etic; pyorrheic International Scientific Vocabulary pyorrh- (from New Latin pyorrhea) + -ic