septicæmia

See also: septicaemia

English

Alternative forms

• septicaemia
• septicemia (US)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] New Latin sēpticaemia, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek σηπτικός (sēptikós, “septic”) (from σήπειν (sḗpein, “to putrefy”)) + αἷμα (haîma, “blood”) + -ia (suffix forming abstract nouns); compare septæmia.

Pronunciation

• enPR: sĕptĭsēʹmĭə, IPA^(key): /sɛptɪˈsiːmɪə/,

Noun

septicæmia (countable and uncountable, plural septicæmias or septicæmiæ)

1. (pathology) Blood poisoning; sepsis of the blood.

Synonyms

• septæmia

Derived terms

• septicæmic

Related terms

terms related by derivation from the Ancient Greek noun αἷμα (aima, “blood”)

• -æmia
  • pyæmia (medicine) → pyæmic (medicine)
  • viræmia (medicine) → viræmic
• anæmia
• chloræmia (pathology)
• collæmia (pathology)
• hæm
• hæm- →
  • hæmapophysis (anatomy) → hæmapophysial
  • hæmautograph →
    • hæmautographic
    • hæmautography
  • hæmochromatosis (pathology)
  • hæmochrome → hæmochromometer
  • hæmochromogen
  • hæmocœle
  • hæmoconcentration
  • hæmocyanin (chemistry)
  • hæmocyte (medicine and zoölogy)
  • hæmocytometer
  • hæmodialysis (medicine) → hæmodialyser
  • hæmodromograph
  • hæmodromometer
  • hæmodynamic(s)
  • hæmodynamometer
  • hæmogastric
  • hæmogenetic
  • hæmoglobulin (chemistry)
  • hæmogram
  • hæmogregarine
  • hæmolymph(atic) (physiology)
  • hæmolysis (medicine) →
    • hæmolysate
    • hæmolyse →
      • hæmolysed
      • hæmolysing
    • hæmolysin
    • hæmolytic(ally)
  • hæmometer
  • hæmopathology
  • hæmophæin (chemistry) → hæmophæic
  • hæmophilia, hæmophily (pathology) →
    • hæmophiliac
    • hæmophilic
  • hæmophobia (pathology)
  • hæmoptic (proscribed in favour of hæmoptoic)
  • hæmoptoë (pathology, proscribed in favour of hæmoptysis) → hæmoptoic
  • hæmoptysis (pathology) → hæmoptysic(al)
  • hæmopneumothorax
  • hæmopoiesis
  • hæmopoietic
  • hæmopoietin(e)
  • hæmoscope → hæmoscopy
  • hæmosiderin
  • hæmosiderosis
  • hæmospastic
  • hæmostasis
  • hæmostat
  • hæmostatic
  • hæmostatics
  • hæmotachometer → hæmotachometry
  • hæmothorax
  • hæmotrophy
• hæma- (erroneous, artefact from French)
• hæmad
• hæmafibrite (mineralogy)
• hæmagglutinate →
• hæmagglutinating
• hæmagglutination
• hæmagglutinin
• hæmagogue
• hæmal (anatomy) →
  • hæmal arch
  • hæmal canal
  • hæmal cavity
  • hæmal gland
  • hæmal spine
  • hæmal system
• hæmangioblastoma(ta) (pathology)
• hæmangioma(ta) (pathology) → hæmangiomatosis
• hæmanthus (botany)
• hæmarthrosis (pathology)
• hæmat- (chiefly in physiology and medicine) →
  • hæmataulics
  • hæmat(h)idrosis (pathology)
  • hæmatobic
  • hæmatobious
  • hæmatoblast(ic) (physiology)
  • hæmatocathartic
  • hæmatochrome
  • hæmatocrit, hæmatokrit
  • Hæmatocrya → hæmatocryal
  • hæmatocyanin
  • hæmatocyst(is)
  • hæmatocyte → hæmatocytometer
  • hæmatodynamics
  • hæmatodynamometer
  • hæmatogastric
  • hæmatogen (obsolete)
  • hæmatogenesis
  • hæmatogenic
  • hæmatogenous
  • hæmatognomist (obsolete)
  • hæmatography
  • hæmatolytic
  • hæmatomyelia
  • hæmatopathology
  • hæmatophagous
  • hæmatophilia
  • hæmatophobia
  • hæmatophyte
  • hæmatopoiesis
  • hæmatopoietic
  • hæmatoporphyrin
  • hæmatosalpinx
  • hæmatoscope
  • hæmatoscopy
  • hæmatospectroscope
  • hæmatostibiite (mineralogy)
  • hæmatothermal
  • hæmatothorax
  • hæmatozoön →
    • hæmatozoan
    • hæmatozoic
  • hæmatocele (pathology)
  • hæmatocrystallin (chemistry)
  • hæmatoglobulin, hæmatoglobin, hæmoglobulin, hæmoglobin (chemistry) →
    • hæmoglobinæmia (pathology)
    • hæmoglobiniferous
    • hæmoglobinometer → hæmoglobinometry
    • hæmoglobinopathy
    • hæmoglobinuria (pathology) → hæmoglobinuric
    • oxyhæmoglobin
  • hæmatology →
    • hæmatologic(al)(ly)
    • hæmatologist
  • hæmatometer → hæmatometry
  • hæmatoporphyria (medical, now historical)
  • hæmatoxylin (chemistry) → hæmatoxylic
  • hæmaturia (pathology) → hæmaturic
• hæmatal
• hæmatemesis (pathology)
• hæmatherm (zoölogy) →
  • hæmathermal
  • hæmathermous
• hæmatic(s)
• hæmatid
• hæmatin (chemistry) →
  • hæmatinic
  • hæmatinometer
  • hæmatinometric
  • hæmatinuria
• hæmatine (obsolete)
• hæmatinon
• hæmatite(s) (mineralogy) (red hæmatite(s), brown hæmatite(s)) → hæmatitiform
• hæmatitic(al) (-al form obsolete)
• hæmatoid → hæmatoidin (chemistry)
• hæmatoin (chemistry)
• hæmatoma(ta) (pathology) → hæmatomatous
• hæmatose
• hæmatosin (chemistry)
• hæmatosis
• hæmerythrin (biochemistry)
• -hæmia →
  • polycythæmia (medicine) →
    • polycythæmia rubra
    • polycythæmia rubra vera
    • polycythæmia vera
    • polycythæmic
• hæmic (unetymological, hæmatic preferred)
• hæmiglobin (biochemistry)
• hæmin (chemistry)
• hæmoid
• hæmony (obsolete)
• hæmophobous (rare)
• hæmorrhagic(ally) → hæmorrhagic fever (medicine)
• hæmorrhagious (obsolete, rare)
• hæmorrhagy, hæmorrhagia (obsolete) → hæmorrhage → hæmorrhaging
• hæmorrhoid(es) →
  • hæmorrhoidal (pathology, rare, or anatomy)
  • hæmorrhoidectomy
• hæmorrhoid, hæmorrhe, hæmorrhoïs, hæmorrhus (obsolete)
• hypercalcæmia (physiology) → hypercalcæmic
• hyper(h)æmia (pathology) →
  • active hyper(h)æmia, arterial hyper(h)æmia
  • passive hyper(h)æmia, venous hyper(h)æmia
  • hyper(h)æmia
• hypocalcæmia (physiology) → hypocalcæmic
• hypochloræmia (physiology)
• hyponatræmia (physiology) → hyponatræmic
• hypophosphatæmia (physiology) → hypophosphatæmic
• hypopotassæmia (physiology) → hypopotassæmic
• hypoproteinæmia (physiology) → hypoproteinæmic
• hypoprothrombinæmia (medicine) → hypoprothrombinæmic
• ichorrhæmia (pathology) → ichorrhæmic
• leukæmia (pathology)
• leukæmic
• leukæmogenic (medicine) →
  • leukæmogen
  • leukæmogenesis
• leukæmoid (medicine)
• spanæmia (pathology) → spanæmic
• stercoræmia (pathology)
• thalassæmia (pathology)
  • thalassæmia intermedia
  • thalassæmia major
  • thalassæmia minor
  • thalassæmic
• tularæmia (pathology) → tularæmic
• tyrosinæmia (medicine)
• uræmia (pathology) → uræmic (pathology)
• urinæmia (US, pathology)

terms related by derivation from the Ancient Greek verb σήπειν (sēpein, “to putrefy”)

• seps
• sepsine
• sepsis
• septæmia

• septage (North American)
• septic(al)(ly)
• septicine (chemistry)
• septicity

• septic-
• septine → septinous
• septon(e) (obsolete) → septous(acid) (obsolete) → septite (chemistry, obsolete)

• sept- →
  • septodiarrhœa
  • septogenic
  • septogerm
  • septometer