septicaemia
/ˌsɛptɪˈsiːmɪə
/(US septicemia)
noun [mass noun]
Blood poisoning, especially that caused by bacteria or their toxins.Autopsy figures show we die from cancer, heart disease, pneumonia and septicemia and pulmonary emboli in that order....
- Now health chiefs are considering whether a further jab which fights bacterial meningitis, septicemia and pneumonia could save lives.
- A ‘very sick’ young infant may have pneumonia, septicaemia, and meningitis.
Derivatives
septicaemic
- Person-to-person spread of bubonic or septicemic plague does not occur; however, pneumonic plague is highly contagious.
- In humans, plague occurs in three forms: bubonic plague, pneumonic plague, and septicemic plague.
- In this paper we review the microbiological, clinical and epidemiological observations in patients with septicaemic melioidosis, confirmed by the isolation of organisms from blood culture.
Origin
Mid 19th century: modern Latin, from Greek sēptikos + haima 'blood'.