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septicaemia

septicaemia is the alternative spelling of septicemia.

Meaning of septicemia

Noun

septicemia (countable and uncountable, plural septicemias)

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

Forms of septicaemia

pluralsepticaemias

Words formed from septicaemia

Questions about septicaemia

What is septicaemia the alternative spelling of?
Septicaemia is the alternative spelling of septicemia.

Words near septicaemia in the dictionary

  1. septic fever
  2. septic fevers
  3. septic shock
  4. septic tank
  5. septic tanks
  6. septicaemia
  7. septicaemias
  8. septicaemic
  9. septical
  10. septically
  11. septicemia

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