(septicaemia)
1Septicaemia — Sep ti*c[ae] mi*a, n. [NL., from Gr. ??? putrefactive + ??? blood.] (Med.) A poisoned condition of the blood produced by the absorption into it of septic or putrescent material; blood poisoning. It is marked by chills, fever, prostration, and… …
2septicaemia — (US septicemia) ► NOUN ▪ blood poisoning caused by bacteria. DERIVATIVES septicaemic adjective …
3septicaemia — [[t]se̱ptɪsi͟ːmiə[/t]] N UNCOUNT Septicaemia is blood poisoning. [MEDICAL] (in AM, use septicemia) …
4septicaemia — n. blood poisoning with presence of bacteria and their toxins in blood. ♦ septopyaemia, n. combination of septicaemia and pyaemia …
5septicaemia — See bacteraemia …
6septicaemia — n. widespread destruction of tissues due to absorption of disease causing bacteria or their toxins from the bloodstream. The term is also used loosely for any form of blood poisoning. Compare pyaemia, sapraemia, toxaemia …
7septicaemia — sep|ti|cae|mi|a BrE septicemia AmE [ˌseptıˈsi:miə] n [U] medical [Date: 1800 1900; : Modern Latin; Origin: Latin septicus ( SEPTIC) + Greek aimia (from haima blood )] a serious condition in which infection spreads from a part of your body through …
8septicaemia — sep·ti·cae·mi·a || ‚septɪ sɪËmɪə n. (Medicine) blood poisoning, illness characterized by the presence of pathogenic microorganisms in the blood; sepsis (also septicemia) …
9septicaemia — [ˌsɛptɪ si:mɪə] (US septicemia) noun blood poisoning, especially that caused by bacteria or their toxins. Derivatives septicaemic adjective …
10septicaemia — BrE, septicemia AmE noun (U) technical a serious condition in which infection spreads from a small area of your body through your blood; blood poisoning …