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septicemia

septicemia noun: a disease caused by the presence of pathogenic organisms, especially bacteria, or their toxins, in the bloodstream, characterized by chills and fever.

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.

Synonyms of septicemia

Forms of septicemia

pluralsepticemias
alternative formsepticaemia
alternative formsepticæmia

Origin of septicemia

Borrowed from New Latin sēpticaemia, from Latin sēpticus + -aemia.

Words formed from septicemia

Questions about septicemia

What does septicemia mean?
Septicemia means a disease caused by the presence of pathogenic organisms, especially bacteria, or their toxins, in the bloodstream, characterized by chills and fever.
What part of speech is septicemia?
Septicemia is a noun.
What is the plural of septicemia?
The plural of septicemia is septicemias.

Words near septicemia in the dictionary

  1. septicaemia
  2. septicaemias
  3. septicaemic
  4. septical
  5. septically
  6. septicemia
  7. septicemias
  8. septicemic
  9. septicentenary
  10. septicentennial
  11. septicentennials

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