Meaning of SEPTICEMIA
| Pronunciation: | | `septi'seemeeu
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| | Definition: | | [n] invasion of the bloodstream by virulent microorganisms from a focus of infection |
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| | Synonyms: | | blood poisoning, septicaemia |
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| | See Also: | | blood disease, blood disorder, childbed fever, fowl cholera, puerperal fever, pyaemia, pyemia, sepsis, shipping fever, shipping pneumonia, toxaemia, toxemia | |
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| | Definition: | | Presence of disease-causing bacteria or their toxins in the blood; also known as blood poisoning. |
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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Infection of the bloodstream by microorganisms. |
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