septicemia
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from New Latin sēpticaemia, from Latin sēpticus + -aemia.
Noun[edit]
septicemia (countable and uncountable, plural septicemias)
- (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[edit]
Translations[edit]
disease caused by pathogens in the blood
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Portuguese[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From séptico (“septic”) + -emia.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -iɐ
- Hyphenation: sep‧ti‧ce‧mi‧a
Noun[edit]
septicemia f (plural septicemias)
- (pathology) septicemia (disease caused by pathogens in the bloodstream)
Derived terms[edit]
- septicémico (Portugal), septicêmico (Brazil)
Further reading[edit]
- “septicemia” in iDicionário Aulete.
- “septicemia” in Dicionário inFormal.
- “septicemía” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “septicemia” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- “septicemia” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek σηπτικός (sēptikós, “septic”) + αἷμα (haîma, “blood”). By surface analysis, séptico + -emia.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): (Spain) /sebtiˈθemja/ [seβ̞.t̪iˈθe.mja]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /sebtiˈsemja/ [seβ̞.t̪iˈse.mja]
- Rhymes: -emja
- Syllabification: sep‧ti‧ce‧mia
Noun[edit]
septicemia f (plural septicemias)
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “septicemia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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