‖ septicæmia
(sɛptɪˈsiːmɪə)
Also U.S. septicemia.
[mod.L., f. Gr. σηπτικ-ός septic + αἷµα blood: see -ia.]
Septic poisoning.
| 1866 A. Flint Princ. Med. 86 Putrid infection of the blood, or septicæmia. 1879 Tyndall Fragm. Sci. (ed. 6) II. xiii. 335 Splenic fever was often overmastered by septicaemia. 1882 Playfair in Standard 17 Mar. 2/1 Puerperal septicæmia. |
Hence septiˈcæmic a.
| 1873 T. H. Green Introd. Pathol. (ed. 2) 227 Those in which they [metastatic abscesses] occur being termed pyæmic, those in which they are absent, septicæmic. 1880 A. Flint Princ. Med. 84 Good observers have failed to detect bacteria in septicæmic cases. 1896 Allbutt's Syst. Med. I. 597 Septicæmic patients. |