Term: pus-forming bacteria: bacteria that produce pus
Broader: bacteria: (microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission; important as pathogens and for biochemical properties; taxonomy is difficult; often considered to be plants | Unrelated: nonparametric statistic: a statistic computed without knowledge of the form or the parameters of the distribution from which observations are drawn
Broader: bacteria: (microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission; important as pathogens and for biochemical properties; taxonomy is difficult; often considered to be plants | Unrelated: dissipation: breaking up and scattering by dispersion