septicaemia
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1. invasion of the bloodstream by virulent microorganisms from a focus of infection (noun.state)
| hypernym | : | sepsis, |
| definition | : | the presence of pus-forming bacteria or their toxins in the blood or tissues (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | childbed fever, puerperal fever, |
| definition | : | serious form of septicemia contracted by a woman during childbirth or abortion (usually attributable to unsanitary conditions); formerly widespread but now uncommon (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | pyaemia, pyemia, |
| definition | : | septicemia caused by pus-forming bacteria being released from an abscess (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | toxaemia, toxemia, |
| definition | : | blood poisoning caused by bacterial toxic substances in the blood (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | fowl cholera, |
| definition | : | an acute diarrheal disease (especially of chickens) caused by the microorganism that causes hemorrhagic septicemia (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | shipping fever, shipping pneumonia, |
| definition | : | a deadly form of septicemia in cattle and sheep; involves high fever and pneumonia; contracted under conditions of exposure or exhaustion (as often happens when the animals are shipped to market) (noun.state) |
| derivation | : | septicemic, |
| definition | : | characteristic of septicemia (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | septicemic, |
| definition | : | characteristic of septicemia (adj.all) |
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