septicemia
IPA: sˈɛptɪsˈimiʌ
noun
- (pathology) A disease caused by the presence of pathogenic organisms, especially bacteria, or their toxins, in the bloodstream, characterised by chills and fever.
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Examples of "septicemia" in Sentences
- Brucella septicemia in pregnancy.
- Septicemia may also progress rapidly.
- The autopsy states that he died of septicemia.
- This causes septicemia due to bacterial infection.
- P stuartii septicemia is primarily of urinary origin.
- FS is the most severe form of meningococcal septicemia.
- Anthrax and the blood disease septicemia are known to occur.
- It is the only Campylobacter species that can give septicemia.
- Animals infected with myiasis may die from toxemia and septicemia.
- He also performed important studies of septicemia and tuberculosis.