pyaemia

[ pahy-ee-mee-uh ]

noun

, Pathology.

1. pyemia.

pyaemia

/ paɪˈiːmɪə /

noun

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

Derived Forms

• pyˈaemic, adjective

Other Words From

• py·aemic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of pyaemia¹

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

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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