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septicemia::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | blood poisoning, septicaemia |
| Type of | sepsis, blood disorder, blood disease |
| Has types | puerperal fever, pyaemia, pyemia, shipping fever, shipping pneumonia, toxaemia, toxemia, childbed fever, fowl cholera |
| Derivation | septicemic |
Examples of septicemia
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Deaths from septicemia declined 1 percent from 35,961 in 2008 to 35,587 in 2009.
From the sciencedaily.com
Casteism, regionalism, tribalism, religiosity, political septicemia, economics etc.
From the guardian.co.uk
The report found that the national average for septicemia is a rate of 4.8 percent.
From the ocregister.com
Septicemia occurs most often in hospitals with poor procedures for infection control.
From the sacbee.com
This walleye was infected with the viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus.
From the sciencedaily.com
Da Costa suffered from necrosis, or the fast deadening of tissue, caused by septicemia.
From the edition.cnn.com
By the time the infection was detected, it had developed into septicemia.
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For four days Laxmi lay on the streets with her new born baby, then died of septicemia.
From the guardian.co.uk
People ill with meningococcal septicemia may have fever, nausea, vomiting and a rash, it said.
From the edition.cnn.com
- Blood poisoning: invasion of the bloodstream by virulent microorganisms from a focus of infection
- (septicemic) characteristic of septicemia; "a septicemic temperature curve"
- Sepsis is a serious medical condition that is characterized by a whole-body inflammatory state (called a systemic inflammatory response syndrome or SIRS) and the presence of a known or suspected infection. ...
- A disease caused by the presence of pathogenic organisms, especially bacteria, or their toxins, in the bloodstream, characterised by chills and fever
- The physiological response to the presenceof bacteria in the blood. Symptoms include increased cardiac and respiratory rates, and fluctuations in body temperature. See also septic shock.
- Your body's response to an infection that starts in the blood. It causes serious medical problems, gets worse quickly, and can cause death. It often affects people who have been through trauma or surgery, have burns, or have certain illnesses.
- Usually minor disease of adult bees caused by Pseudomonas apiseptica.
- Disease throughout the body associated with disease-causing organisms or the toxins they produce in the blood.
- Multiplication of the bacteria in the bloodstream, producing a powerful toxin.
