sapremia

[ suh-pree-mee-uh ]

nounPathology.
  1. blood poisoning caused by the toxins produced by bacterial putrefaction, as in gangrene.

Origin of sapremia

1
1885–90; sapr- + -emia

Other words from sapremia

  • sa·pre·mic, adjective

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