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septicemia

[sep-tuh-see-mee-uh] Origin

sep·ti·ce·mi·a

[sep-tuh-see-mee-uh]
noun Pathology.
the invasion and persistence of pathogenic bacteria in the blood-stream.
Also, sep·ti·cae·mi·a.


Origin:
1865–70; < Neo-Latin; see septic, -emia

sep·ti·ce·mic, sep·ti·cae·mic, adjective
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Septicemia has a plethora of syllables.
So is antidisestablishmentarianism. Does it mean:
opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, esp. the Anglican Church in 19th-century England.
the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).
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World English Dictionary
septicaemia or septicemia (ˌsɛptɪˈsiːmɪə)
 
n
bacteraemia See also pyaemia Nontechnical name: blood poisoning a condition caused by pus-forming microorganisms in the blood
 
[C19: from New Latin, from Greek sēptik(os) septic + -aemia]
 
septicemia or septicemia
 
n
 
[C19: from New Latin, from Greek sēptik(os) septic + -aemia]
 
septi'caemic or septicemia
 
adj
 
septi'cemic or septicemia
 
adj

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septicemia
1866, Mod.L. septicæmia, from Fr. septicoemi, coined by Fr. physician Pierre-Adolphe Piorry (1794-1879) in 1837 from Gk. septikos (see septic) + haima "blood" (see -emia).
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Medical Dictionary

septicemia sep·ti·ce·mi·a (sěp'tĭ-sē'mē-ə)
n.
A systemic disease caused by the multiplication of microorganisms in the blood. Also called blood poisoning, septic fever.


sep'ti·ce'mic (-mĭk) adj.

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