Suppurative

Terminology

Suppuration is the formation or discharge of pus or may refer to pus itself. The adjectives purulent and suppurative describe the characteristic of containing, relating to, consisting of, or being pus or being related to suppuration. For example, purulent discharge is synonymous with pus while mucopurulent discharge refers to exudate containing both mucus and pus. Seropurulent fluid or discharge contains both serum and pus. A wound or lesion may be described as suppurative or purulent if contains or expresses pus. Pyogenic means producing, generating, or characterized by the expression of pus. The term is often used to describe pyogenic bacteria, organisms whose infections frequently result in pus formation. A pyogenic infection is an infection that is characterized by severe local inflammation, usually with pus formation, generally caused by one of the pyogenic bacteria. The adjective pussy (pronounced ; comparative: pussier, superlative: pussiest) can also refer to pus. This usage is uncommon relative to the common meanings of the homograph pussy.