sapraemia

See also: sapræmia

English

Alternative forms

• sapræmia

Etymology

sapro- +‎ -aemia

Noun

sapraemia (countable and uncountable, plural sapraemias)

1. blood poisoning caused by the ingestion/absorption of toxins of putrefactive bacteria.
   • 1805, Sir Anthony Alfred Bowlby, Surgical Pathology and Morbid Anatomy, page 74:

     These substances are absorbed into the circulation, and produce the typical symptoms associated with sapraemia.

   • 1993, James A. Duke, CRC Handbook of Alternative Cash Crops, →ISBN, page 342:

     The stem is used for bilious conditions; ash for discharges and wounds, sapraemia in Malaya; infusion of straw for dysentery, gout, and rheumatism.

   • 2007, Mavis Kirkham, Exploring the Dirty Side of Women's Health, →ISBN, page 32:

     As Jellett's textbook instructed them, sapraemia resulted from 'poisons' formed 'during the putrefaction or decomposition of dead animal matter', in this case blood clots or parts of the placenta left behind in the uterus.

Related terms

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