pyogenic
‘producing pus’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
Medical Lat. pyogenesis < pyo- ‘pus’ + -genic ‘produced by’ < -gen ‘thing that produces’ < F. -gène < Gk. -genes ‘born of, produced by’ < genos ‘birth,’ genea ‘race’ + -ic < jehn < gene- < Tamil īṉ