Pyoderma (definition)

(pi'o-der'mah) (Greek. Pyon - pus + derma - skin)

Pyoderma is any purulent skin disease, either bacterial or nonbacterial in origin.

(from the ILDS Committee on Nomenclature - R. Winkelmann, Chairman)

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