blood poisoning

blood poisoning

n.

1. See septicemia.

2. See toxemia.

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blood poisoning

n

(Medicine / Pathology) a nontechnical term for septicaemia

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blood poisoning

See toxemia.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

blood poisoning - invasion of the bloodstream by virulent microorganisms from a focus of infection septicaemia, septicemia sepsis - the presence of pus-forming bacteria or their toxins in the blood or tissues blood disease, blood disorder - a disease or disorder of the blood childbed fever, puerperal fever - serious form of septicemia contracted by a woman during childbirth or abortion (usually attributable to unsanitary conditions); formerly widespread but now uncommon pyaemia, pyemia - septicemia caused by pus-forming bacteria being released from an abscess toxaemia, toxemia - blood poisoning caused by bacterial toxic substances in the blood fowl cholera - an acute diarrheal disease (especially of chickens) caused by the microorganism that causes hemorrhagic septicemia shipping fever, shipping pneumonia - a deadly form of septicemia in cattle and sheep; involves high fever and pneumonia; contracted under conditions of exposure or exhaustion (as often happens when the animals are shipped to market)

Translations

blood poisoning n → setticemia

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blood poisoning n → setticemia

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blood poisoning → تسمم الدم otrava krve blodforgiftning Blutvergiftung σηψαιμία septicemia verenmyrkytys septicémie sepsa setticemia 敗血症 패혈증 bloedvergiftiging blodforgiftning posocznica septicemia, toxemia сепсис blodförgiftning เลือดเป็นพิษ kan zehirlenmesi nhiễm trùng máu 败血症