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blood poisoning

noun

Pathology.
  1. invasion of the blood by toxic matter or microorganisms, characterized by chills, sweating, fever, and prostration; toxemia; septicemia; pyemia.


blood poisoning

noun

  1. a nontechnical term for septicaemia
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

blood poisoning

  1. See toxemia
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Origin of blood poisoning1

First recorded in 1860–65
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Drinking them — even in tiny amounts — causes a type of blood poisoning that turns victims blue from sudden hypoxia.

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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.

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The bacterium Staphylococcus aureus is one of the most common pathogens worldwide, which can cause severe bloodstream infections -- also called sepsis or blood poisoning.

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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€

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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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