Septicaemia

n.

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(Med.) A poisoned condition of the blood produced by the absorption into it of septic or putrescent material; blood poisoning. It is marked by chills, fever, prostration, and inflammation of the different serous membranes and of the lungs, kidneys, and other organs.

Noun

1.

septicaemia - invasion of the bloodstream by virulent microorganisms from a focus of infection Synonyms: blood poisoning, septicemia

blood disease, blood disorder, blood poisoning, childbed fever, fowl cholera, puerperal fever, pyaemia, pyemia, sepsis, septicemia, shipping fever, shipping pneumonia, toxaemia, toxemia