See Also: pyogenic membrane(medicine)
Pyogenic(medicine)
pyogenic salpingitis(medicine)
pyogenic pachymeningitis(medicine)
pyogenic infection(medicine)
pyogenic granuloma(medicine)
pyogenic fever(medicine)
pyogenic bacterium(medicine)
pyogenic arthritis(medicine)
granuloma, pyogenic(medicine)

pitiable (iou) and pyogenic membrane (medicine)


pitiable (iou)



pitiable adjective. LME.
[Old French piteable, pitoi- (mod. pitoyable), from piteer, pitier: see PITY verb, -able.]
Deserving of or arousing pity; lamentable, mournful. LME.
V. S. Pritchett A pitiable portrait of an ailing little boy.
Despicable, contemptible, miserable. L18.
J. B. Priestley A pitiable record of..stupidity.
? Cf. partly synonymous PITEOUS, PITIFUL.
pitiableness noun L17.
pitiably adverb E19.

pyogenic membrane (medicine)


pyogenic membrane
A layer of pus cells lining an abscess cavity which have not yet autolyzed.

Synonym: prophylactic membrane.