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pyemia

noun as in blood poisoning

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Rheumatism may be thought of, with respect to arthritic inflammation caused thereby, as a sort of pyemia.

The patient survived twelve days, and then died from pyemia.

When abscess occurs in the cord the matter may escape into the scrotal sac and cavity of the abdomen and pyemia may follow.

Pyemia was made to represent that condition when the organisms were localized, but in which the pus was transported by the blood.

In pyemia, in addition to these lesions, abscesses are formed in the various organs throughout the body.

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On this page you'll find 8 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to pyemia, such as: sepsis, septicemia, septic infection, septicopyemia, septic poisoning, and toxaemia.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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