septicemia
or sep·ti·cae·mi·a
the invasion and persistence of pathogenic bacteria in the blood-stream.
Origin of septicemia
1Other words from septicemia
- sep·ti·ce·mic, sep·ti·cae·mic, adjective
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How to use septicemia in a sentence
In 1996, Mohamed’s mother died of septicemia after spending nine months hospitalized for a gunshot wound.
An Innovative Washington Law Aims to Get Foreign-Trained Doctors Back in Hospitals | Tara Law | October 11, 2021 | TimeNancy was born with meningitis, septicemia, and hydrocephalus.
U.K. Courts Grant Mother Right to End Her 12-Year-Old Disabled Daughter’s Life | Elizabeth Picciuto | November 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA very important point is not to mistake typhoid for a septicemia in its early stage.
The Ethics of Medical Homicide and Mutilation | Austin O'MalleyPus may rupture into the pelvic cavity and set up local or general peritonitis or septicemia.
The Ethics of Medical Homicide and Mutilation | Austin O'MalleyAt present we must recognize it as a specific inflammation due to a bacterial poison and closely allied to septicemia.
Special Report on Diseases of the Horse | United States Department of Agriculture
Again are found the traces of excessive emaciation, or the lesions of septicemia.
Special Report on Diseases of the Horse | United States Department of Agriculturesepticemia terminates fatally with its usual train of symptoms.
Special Report on Diseases of the Horse | United States Department of Agriculture
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