septicaemia

septicaemia or septicemia [sep-tis-see-mee-a]

Noun

an infection of the blood which develops in a wound [Greek sēptos decayed + haima blood]

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septicemia, septicaemia

blood poisoning caused by pathogenic microorganisms and their toxic products in the bloodstream. — septicemic, septicaemic, adj.

See also: Poison

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blood poisoning caused by pathogenic microorganisms and their toxic products in the bloodstream. — septicemic, — septicaemic, adj.

See also: Blood and Blood Vessels

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

septicaemia - invasion of the bloodstream by virulent microorganisms from a focus of infection blood poisoning, 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

septicaemia, septicemia (US) [sɛptɪˈsiːmɪə] n → septicemia

septicaemia [sɛptɪˈsiːmɪə] n → septicémie f

septicaemia (US) septicemia [sɛptɪˈsiːmɪə] septic n → Blutvergiftung f

septicaemia (US), septicemia [sɛptɪˈsiːmiə] n → setticemia