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Septicemia caused by pus-forming bacteria released from an abscess
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pyaemia
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n. (context pathology English) A type of septicemia caused usually by the presence of ''Staphylococcus'' bacteria in the bloodstream; characterised by metastatic abscesses and other symptoms associated with septicemia.
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Pyaemia \Py*[ae]"mi*a\, Pyemia \Py*e"mi*a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? pus + ? blood.] (Med.) A form of blood poisoning produced by the absorption of pyogenic microorganisms into the blood, usually from a wound or local inflammation. It is characterized by multiple ...
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n. septicemia caused by pus-forming bacteria released from an abscess [syn: pyemia ]
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Pyaemia (or pyemia ) is a type of septicaemia that leads to widespread abscesses of a metastatic nature. It is usually caused by the staphylococcus bacteria by pus-forming organisms in the blood. Apart from the distinctive abscesses, pyaemia exhibits the ...
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Even assuming that their special malaises are wholly offset by the effects of alcoholism in the male, they suffer patently from the same adenoids, gastritis, cholelithiasis, nephritis, tuberculosis, carcinoma, arthritis and so on--in short, from the same disturbances of colloidal equilibrium that produce religion, delusions of grandeur, democracy, pyaemia, night sweats, the yearning to save humanity, and all other such distempers in men.