pyaemia
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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
NEPHRITIS.—Congestion and inflammation of the kidneys commonly occur in mixed and specific infectious diseases, such as septicaemia, pyaemia and influenza.
From Common Diseases of Farm Animals by Craig, R. A., D. V. M.
The patients came from streets which often were foul with dirt, smoke, and disease, and were admitted to gloomy airless wards, where pyaemia or gangrene were firmly established.
From Victorian Worthies Sixteen Biographies by Blore, George Henry
Fever, or hospital gangrene, or pyaemia, or purulent discharge of some kind may else supervene.
From Notes on Nursing What It Is, and What It Is Not by Nightingale, Florence
Such terrible scourges as pyaemia and hospital gangrene were rife in all of them.
From Victorian Worthies Sixteen Biographies by Blore, George Henry
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