cryptogenic pyemia


pyemia

 [pi-e´me-ah] septicemia in which secondary foci of pus formation occur and multiple abscesses are formed. adj., adj pye´mic.arterial pyemia a form due to the dissemination of septic emboli from the heart.cryptogenic pyemia that in which the source of infection is in an unidentified tissue.

cryp·to·gen·ic py·e·mi·a

pyemia with a source that is not evident.

cryp·to·gen·ic py·e·mi·a

(kriptō-jenik pī-ēmē-ă) Infection with source that is not evident.