pyaemia

[ pahy-ee-mee-uh ]

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noun

, Pathology.

pyaemia

/ paɪˈiːmɪə /

Origin of pyaemia¹

C19: from New Latin, from Greek puon pus + haima blood

Abscess in the spleen occasionally occurs, usually in association with infective endocarditis or with general pyaemia.

Such terrible scourges as pyaemia and hospital gangrene were rife in all of them.

Acute inflammatory conditions may be secondary to zymotic diseases such as diphtheria, pyaemia, typhus fever and others.

In general pyaemia multiple small abscesses may occur in the liver.

An' what 'ud they be, then, if it wasn't the bacillus of pyaemia?

April 18, 2024petrichor

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