septicæmia

See also: septicaemia

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From New Latin sēpticaemia, from Ancient Greek σηπτικός (sēptikós, septic) (from σήπειν (sḗpein, to putrefy)) + αἷμα (haîma, blood) + -ia (suffix forming abstract nouns);[1] compare septæmia.

Pronunciation

Noun

septicæmia (countable and uncountable, plural septicæmias or septicæmiæ)

  1. (pathology) Blood poisoning; sepsis of the blood.[1]

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • septicæmic

References

  1. ‖septicæmia” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]
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