pyemia

American  

[pahy-ee-mee-uh] / paɪˈi mi ə /

Or pyaemia

noun

Pathology.

1. a diseased state in which pyogenic bacteria are circulating in the blood, characterized by the development of abscesses in various organs.

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• pyemic
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of pyemia

From New Latin, dating back to 1855–60; see origin at py-, -emia

Example Sentences

Injuries received during parturition, stoppage of the milk ducts, and infection of the umbilicus in the newly born are also frequent causes of pyemia.

From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry

Fayrer operated on 28 patients with 22 recoveries and six deaths, one from shock and five from pyemia The same surgeon collected 193 cases, and found the general mortality to be 18 per cent.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)

Septicemia and pyemia.—Septicemia and pyemia are unusual complications and are seen only in the most severe cases in which bed sores are present or suppuration of the laminæ results.

From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.

In a few instances it may assume a chronic type, when all the symptoms become mitigated, and thus continue for some time, until septicemia, pyemia, or exhaustion causes death.

From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.

Causes.—Lobular pneumonia from abscesses in pyemia, from septic pleurisy, etc.

From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Ritter, Thomas Jefferson