septicemia

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septicaemia

(US), septicemia
a condition caused by pus-forming microorganisms in the blood
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septicemia

[‚sep·tə′sē·mē·ə]
(medicine)
A clinical syndrome in which infection is disseminated through the body in the bloodstream. Also known as blood poisoning.
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