PYEMIA

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Septicemia caused by pus-forming bacteria being released from an abscess

Synonyms:

pyaemia; pyemia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("pyemia" is a kind of...):

blood poisoning; septicaemia; septicemia (invasion of the bloodstream by virulent microorganisms from a focus of infection)

Derivation:

pyemic (of or relating to pyemia)

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