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pyemia

noun
py·​emia | \ pÄ«-ˈē-mÄ“-É™ How to pronounce pyemia (audio) \

Definition of pyemia

: septicemia caused by pus-forming bacteria and accompanied by multiple abscesses

First Known Use of pyemia

1850, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for pyemia

New Latin

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pyemia

noun
py·​emia
variants: or chiefly British pyaemia \ pÄ«-​ˈē-​mÄ“-​É™ How to pronounce pyaemia (audio) \

Medical Definition of pyemia

: septicemia accompanied by multiple abscesses and secondary toxemic symptoms and caused by pus-forming microorganisms (as the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus)

called also septicopyemia

Other Words from pyemia

pyemic or chiefly British pyaemic \ -​mik How to pronounce pyaemic (audio) \ adjective

More from Merriam-Webster on pyemia

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