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blood poisoning
noun
- invasion of the blood by toxic matter or microorganisms, characterized by chills, sweating, fever, and prostration; toxemia; septicemia; pyemia.
blood poisoning
noun
- a nontechnical term for septicaemia
blood poisoning
- See toxemia
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Origin of blood poisoning1
Example Sentences
Drinking them — even in tiny amounts — causes a type of blood poisoning that turns victims blue from sudden hypoxia.
The E. coli bacterium, which is found in faeces, can cause a range of conditions, including urinary tract infections, cystitis, intestinal infections and vomiting, with the worst cases leading to life-threatening blood poisoning.
The bacterium Staphylococcus aureus is one of the most common pathogens worldwide, which can cause severe bloodstream infections -- also called sepsis or blood poisoning.
In “Mein Kampf,†Hitler wrote that, “All great cultures of the past perished only because the originally creative race died out from blood poisoning.â€
The 22-year-old had been hospitalized in Gaza for around a week, after her ankle was partially severed in an Israeli airstrike, when doctors told her she was suffering from blood poisoning.
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