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Invasion of the bloodstream by virulent microorganisms from a focus of infection
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septicemia
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. invasion of the bloodstream by virulent microorganisms from a focus of infection [syn: blood poisoning , septicaemia ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
alt. (context pathology English) A disease caused by the presence of pathogenic organisms, especially bacterium, or their toxins, in the bloodstream, characterised by chills and fever. n. (context pathology English) A disease caused by the presence of pathogenic ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1857, Modern Latin septicæmia , from French septicoemi , coined irregularly by French physician Pierre-Adolphe Piorry (1794-1879) in 1837 from Greek septikos (see septic ) + haima "blood" (see -emia ).\n\nDr. Piorry, in a second communication, insists upon ...
Usage examples of septicemia.
His discharge diagnosis was fever of unknown origin with bacteroides septicemia.
He thought, looking at the tissue slides, that Vine died of a circulatory collapse-maybe brought on by septicemia.