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SAPRAEMIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Blood poisoning caused by putrefactive bacteria; results from eating putrefied matter
Synonyms:
sapraemia; sapremia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("sapraemia" is a kind of...):
sepsis (the presence of pus-forming bacteria or their toxins in the blood or tissues)