septicemic
Americanadjective
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The other forms of plague are bubonic, which infects the lymph nodes, and septicemic, which is transmitted in the bloodstream and is also very deadly.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
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
Pneumonic and septicemic plague can be more serious.
From New York Times ● Jun. 27, 2017
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
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