pyemia

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Pyemia refers to the same condition as septicemia with the development of fresh places of suppuration.

From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Ritter, Thomas Jefferson

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

From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry

Py�mia, Pyemia, pī-ē′mi-a, n. a disease caused by the introduction into the blood of decomposing matter, from pus, &c.—adjs.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various

Pyemia is likewise derived from two Greek words, meaning "pus" and "blood," and is that form of septicemia caused by pus-producing organisms and characterized by secondary abscesses.

From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry