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sapremia

American

[suh-pree-mee-uh] / səˈpri mi ə /

noun

Pathology.

blood poisoning caused by the toxins produced by bacterial putrefaction, as in gangrene.

Other Word Forms

sapremic

adjective

Etymology

Origin of sapremia

1885–90; sapr- ( def. ) + -emia

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