septicemia
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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
Her vital signs had reassured him she wasn’t suffering from septicemia — a bacterial infection reaching the bloodstream.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 13, 2021
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
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