[], (Noun)

Definitions:
- Originally: a collection of pus, especially within the eye. Later also: the formation of pus; suppuration; pyogenic infection.


Phrases:

Origin:
late 17th century; earliest use found in Blankaart's Physical Dictionary. From post-classical Latin pyosis collection of pus from Hellenistic Greek πύωσις suppuration from ancient Greek πύον pus + -ωσις