Septicemia

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A disease caused by the presence of pathogenic organisms, especially bacteria, or their toxins, in the bloodstream, characterized by chills and fever. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    invasion of the bloodstream by virulent microorganisms from a focus of infection wordnet

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blood poisoningbacteremiablood infectionbloodstreamintoxicationpoisoning

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin sēpticaemia, from Latin sēpticus + -aemia.

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