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sep⋅ti⋅ce⋅mi⋅a

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

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

Related forms:
sep⋅ti⋅ce⋅mic, sep⋅ti⋅cae⋅mic, adjective
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sep·ti·ce·mi·a   (sěp'tĭ-sē'mē-ə)   
n.  A systemic disease caused by pathogenic organisms or their toxins in the bloodstream. Also called blood poisoning.

[septic + -emia.]
sep'ti·ce'mic (-mĭk) 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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Main Entry: sep·ti·ce·mia
Variant: or chiefly British sep·ti·cae·mia /"sep-t&-'sE-mE-&/
Function:noun
: invasion of the bloodstream by virulent microorganisms from a focus of infection that is accompanied by chills, fever, and prostration and often by the formation of secondaryabscesses in various organs called also blood poisoning; —see PYEMIA —sep·ti·ce·mic or chiefly British sep·ti·cae·mic /-'sE-mik/ adjective
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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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