septicemic
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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Two even deadlier variants of the disease eventually emerged during the fourteenth century: pneumonic and septicemic.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
There are different clinical forms of plague, though the most common are bubonic, pneumonic and septicemic, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 1, 2022
The bacterium that cause plague, Yersinia pestis, can cause several types of potentially fatal illnesses: bubonic plague, pneumonic plague and septicemic plague.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 10, 2015
In the days after they were bitten, Mr. Tull, a burly, athletic lawyer — a former prosecutor who volunteered with search-and-rescue teams — developed septicemic plague, as the infection spread throughout his body.
From New York Times ● Jan. 7, 2013
John is the only person in medical history to survive an advanced stage of septicemic plague.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2012
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