About The Word Septicaemia
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Septicaemia
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What's The Definition Of Septicaemia?
[n] invasion of the bloodstream by virulent microorganisms from a focus of infection
Synonyms | Synonyms for Septicaemia: blood poisoning | septicemia Related Terms | Find terms related to Septicaemia: See Also | blood disease | blood disorder | childbed fever | fowl cholera | puerperal fever | pyaemia | pyemia | sepsis | shipping fever | shipping pneumonia | toxaemia | toxemia Septicaemia In Webster's Dictionary \Sep`ti*c[ae]"mi*a\, n. [NL., from Gr. ???
putrefactive + ??? blood.] (Med.)
A poisoned condition of the blood produced by the absorption
into it of septic or putrescent material; blood poisoning. It
is marked by chills, fever, prostration, and inflammation of
the different serous membranes and of the lungs, kidneys, and
other organs.
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