pyaemia
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- pyaemic adjective
Etymology
Origin of pyaemia
C19: from New Latin, from Greek puon pus + haima blood
Example Sentences
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Four major infections were accepted as largely inevitable: septicaemia, erysipelas, gangrene and pyaemia.
From Nature
Acute inflammatory conditions may be secondary to zymotic diseases such as diphtheria, pyaemia, typhus fever and others.
From Project Gutenberg
He discussed pyaemia as Wundsucht, that is, an infectious disease produced from a wound.
From Project Gutenberg
In general pyaemia multiple small abscesses may occur in the liver.
From Project Gutenberg
Referring to pyaemia, or blood- poisoning, he was not content to affirm the disappearance of these formidable maladies from the hospital to which he was attached, but went on to declare their disappearance altogeher.
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