septicemia

Wikipedia

English

Etymology

New Latin, from Latin sēpticus + New Latin -emia

Alternative forms

• septicaemia
• septicæmia

Noun

septicemia (plural septicemias)

1. (pathology) A disease caused by the presence of pathogenic organisms, especially bacteria, or their toxins, in the bloodstream, characterised by chills and fever.

Synonyms

• blood poisoning
• septic fever

Derived terms

• septicemic

Translations

disease caused by pathogenic organisms in the bloodstream, characterised by chills and fever

Finnish: verenmyrkytys (fi) French: septicémie (fr) f. German: Blutvergiftung f., Sepsis f.

Icelandic: blóðeitrun (is) f., blóðsýking (is) f. Portuguese: septicemia (pt) f.

See also

• sepsis
• bacteraemia
• pyemia