pyaemia

[pahy-ee-mee-uh]

noun

Pathology.

1. pyemia.

pyaemia

/ paɪˈiːmɪə /

noun

1. blood poisoning characterized by pus-forming microorganisms in the blood

Other Word Forms

• pyaemic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of pyaemia¹

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

Example Sentences

She continued reading, “In 1865, Semmelweis was committed to an asylum where he died at 47 of pyaemia after being beaten by the guards only 14 days after he was committed.”

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Four major infections were accepted as largely inevitable: septicaemia, erysipelas, gangrene and pyaemia.

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

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He discussed pyaemia as Wundsucht, that is, an infectious disease produced from a wound.

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

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