Septaemia

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of septicemia. archaic, uncountable

Etymology

From New Latin septaemia, from Ancient Greek σηπτός (sēptós), verbal adjective of σήπω (sḗpō, “make rotten”), + αἷμα (haîma, “blood”) + -ia.

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