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PYAEMIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Septicemia caused by pus-forming bacteria being released from an abscess
Synonyms:
pyaemia; pyemia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("pyaemia" is a kind of...):
blood poisoning; septicaemia; septicemia (invasion of the bloodstream by virulent microorganisms from a focus of infection)
Derivation:
pyaemic (of or relating to pyemia)
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