pyoderma
/ˌpʌɪə(ʊ)ˈdəːmə
/noun [mass noun] Medicine
A skin infection with formation of pus.As the authors note, pyoderma and chronic ear disease have remained intractably high in children for decades....
- The patient had rheumatoid arthritis, a condition associated with pyoderma gangrenosum.
- Excoriations and pyoderma also may be present.
Origin
1930s: from Greek puo- (from puon 'pus') + derma 'skin'.