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

• pyemic adjective

Etymology

Origin of pyemia

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

Example Sentences

The organisms most frequently found in cases of septicemia are, on the whole, the same as those of pyemia, and may be pus cocci, the bacillus coli, or other pus-producing organisms.

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

The term septicemia is indicated when intoxication is the more pronounced symptom and pyemia if pus formation and metastatic or secondary abscess formation are observed.

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

Causes.—Endocarditis and pericarditis in the course of rheumatism; acute fevers like typhoid, etc.; clots lodging in the heart arteries, coming from diseases such as septicemia and pyemia.

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

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)

When abscess occurs in the cord the matter may escape into the scrotal sac and cavity of the abdomen and pyemia may follow.

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