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pyaemia

[ pahy-ee-mee-uh ]

noun

Pathology.


pyaemia

/ ±è²¹ÉªËˆ¾±Ë³¾ÉªÉ™ /

noun

  1. blood poisoning characterized by pus-forming microorganisms in the blood
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Derived Forms

  • ±è²âˈ²¹±ð³¾¾±³¦, adjective
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ±è²â·²¹±ðm¾±³¦ adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of pyaemia1

C19: from New Latin, from Greek puon pus + haima blood
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She continued reading, “In 1865, Semmelweis was committed to an asylum where he died at 47 of pyaemia after being beaten by the guards only 14 days after he was committed.â€

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Four major infections were accepted as largely inevitable: septicaemia, erysipelas, gangrene and pyaemia.

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Acute inflammatory conditions may be secondary to zymotic diseases such as diphtheria, pyaemia, typhus fever and others.

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He discussed pyaemia as Wundsucht, that is, an infectious disease produced from a wound.

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In general pyaemia multiple small abscesses may occur in the liver.

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