pyorrheal

adjective

py·​or·​rhe·​al

¦pīə¦rēəl

variants or pyorrheic

-rēik

or less commonly pyorrhetic

-retik

: of, relating to, or constituting pyorrhea

Word History

Etymology

pyorrheal, pyorrhetic from New Latin pyorrhea + English -al or -etic; pyorrheic International Scientific Vocabulary pyorrh- (from New Latin pyorrhea) + -ic

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