Definitions for septicemia

septicemia sep·ti·ce·mi·a

Spelling: [sep-tuh-see-mee-uh]
IPA: /ˌsɛp təˈsi mi ə/

Septicemia is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 577 anagrams from letters in septicemia (aceeiimpst).

Definitions for septicemia

noun

  1. the invasion and persistence of pathogenic bacteria in the blood-stream.

Origin of septicemia

From New Latin, dating back to 1865-70; See origin at septic, -emia

Examples for septicemia

A septicemia of the southern army worm caused by Bacillus cereus.

In very acute cases, death from septicemia may occur in a few days.

At present we must recognize it as a specific inflammation due to a bacterial poison and closely allied to septicemia.

In septicemia the blood contains both pyogenic toxins and multiplying pyogenic organisms.

Nancy was born with meningitis, septicemia, and hydrocephalus.

septicemia, erysipelas, lockjaw, and gangrene were variously attributed to dampness and a multitude of other conditions.

There is either a toxemia or a septicemia, with the usual symptoms of a general sepsis.

In septic infection, or septicemia, only a small number of organisms may get into the blood, but they multiply rapidly.

septicemia terminates fatally with its usual train of symptoms.

Again are found the traces of excessive emaciation, or the lesions of septicemia.

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