pyaemia
Americannoun
noun
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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 ● Oct. 3, 2017
In general pyaemia multiple small abscesses may occur in the liver.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" by Various
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
In pyaemia the animal may live from a few days to several months.
From Common Diseases of Farm Animals by Craig, R. A., D. V. M.
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.
From An Ethical Problem Or, Sidelights upon Scientific Experimentation on Man and Animals by Leffingwell, Albert
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