pyogenic

1. 1.

   producing pus

Questions about pyogenic

What does pyogenic mean?

pyogenic means "producing pus".

How many syllables are in pyogenic?

pyogenic has 3 syllables and divides as pyo-ge-nic under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is pyogenic a common word?

pyogenic is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.