• Septicæmia

    Pronunciation

    • RP enPR: sÄ•ptÄ­sēʹmÄ­É™, IPA: /sÉ›ptɪˈsiːmɪə/,

    Alternative forms

    “‖septicæmia” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary 2Ed.; 1989

    Origin

    From New Latin sēpticaemia, from Ancient Greek σηπτικός (sēptikos, "septic") (from σήπειν (sēpein, "to putrefy")) + αἷμα (aima, "blood") + -ia (suffix forming abstract nouns);

    compare septæmia.

    Full definition of septicæmia

    Noun

    septicæmia

    (countable and uncountable; plural septicæmias)
    1. (pathology) Blood poisoning; sepsis of the blood.

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    terms related by derivation from the Ancient Greek noun αἷμα (aima, “blood”)
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