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pyaemia

American  
[pahy-ee-mee-uh] / paɪˈi mi ə /

noun

Pathology.
  1. pyemia.


pyaemia British  
/ paɪˈiːmɪə /

noun

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

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Origin of pyaemia

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

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

From Nature • Oct. 3, 2017

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

From Hilda Wade, a Woman with Tenacity of Purpose by Allen, Grant

Various wound infections, including septicaemia, pyaemia, acute abscesses, ulcers, erysipelas, etc., are produced by a few forms of micrococci, resembling each other in many points but differing slightly.

From The Story of Germ Life by Conn, H. W. (Herbert William)

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

From Victorian Worthies Sixteen Biographies by Blore, George Henry

I will tell you what was the cause of this hospital pyaemia being in that large private house.

From Notes on Nursing What It Is, and What It Is Not by Nightingale, Florence

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