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septicemia

noun

1 septicemia

Invasion of the bloodstream by virulent microorganisms from a focus of infection.

synonyms: blood poisoning, septicaemia.

is a specific kind of: sepsis | blood disease, blood disorder.

is a broader term that covers: childbed fever, puerperal fever | pyaemia, pyemia | toxaemia, toxemia | fowl cholera | shipping fever, shipping pneumonia.

derivation: septicemic.

Dutch: bloedvergiftiging

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