septaemia

See also: septæmia

English

Alternative forms

• septæmia
• septemia

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] New Latin septaemia, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek σηπτός (sēptós), verbal adjective of σήπειν (sḗpein, “make rotten”).

Noun

septaemia (uncountable)

1. (archaic) Synonym of septicemia

Synonyms

• sepsis
• septicemia

References

• “septaemia”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “septaemia”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)