septicemia
Americannoun
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septicemias
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Origin of septicemia
From New Latin, dating back to 1865–70; see origin at septic, -emia
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There’s also a reference to septicemia, which is writer-director Emerald Fennell’s perhaps too-technical stab at explaining the nonspecific Victorian disease that afflicts one character.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 11, 2026
When given orally to mice with drug-resistant septicemia or pneumonia, lolamicin rescued 100% of the mice with septicemia and 70% of the mice with pneumonia, the team reported.
From Science Daily ● May 29, 2024
The examination revealed the elephants had enlarged livers and spleens, as well as internal bleeding in multiple organs—signs of septicemia.
From National Geographic ● Dec. 5, 2023
It can manifest as meningitis — an inflammation of the membranes around the brain and spinal cord — or septicemia, an infection of the bloodstream.
From New York Times ● Jun. 22, 2022
It won’t be tetanus, as they inoculated us, but may be septicemia; I don’t think those pins were very clean.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
We had lobar pneumonia, meningococcal meningitis, streptococcal infections, diphtheria, endocarditis, enteric fevers, various septicemias, syphilis, and, always, everywhere, tuberculosis.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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