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UK
/sˌɛptɪkˈiːmiə/
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NOUN
- invasion of the bloodstream by virulent microorganisms from a focus of infection
How To Use septicaemia In A Sentence
- Various wound infections, including septicaemia, pyaemia, acute abscesses, ulcers, erysipelas, etc., are produced by a few forms of micrococci, resembling each other in many points but differing slightly. The Story of Germ Life
- In patients with superimposed bacterial infection, septicaemia develops and is associated with increased morbidity and mortality.
- It would also protect against septicaemia in which bacteria multiply unchecked in the blood, possibly causing death without prompt treatment.
- All failed to diagnose septicaemia. Times, Sunday Times
- The possibility of vomiting as a result of meningitis or meningococcal septicaemia is a constant anxiety. Times, Sunday Times
- It may present as a localised infection or involve a single organ or as generalised septicaemia.
- The most common forms of the bug were now strain C of the bacterial meningococcal meningitis and its blood poisoning relative, septicaemia.
- They are rather sinister creatures that like to stalk their prey as it dies a slow, lingering death from septicaemia caused by their vicious bite. The Sun
- He has had pneumonia and septicaemia since he was diagnosed at eight months. The Sun
- They are rather sinister creatures that like to stalk their prey as it dies a slow, lingering death from septicaemia caused by their vicious bite. The Sun