septaemia
See also: septæmia
English
Alternative forms
- septæmia
- septemia
Etymology
From New Latin septaemia, from Ancient Greek σηπτός (sēptós), verbal adjective of σήπειν (sḗpein, “make rotten”).
Synonyms
References
- septaemia in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for septaemia in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
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