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PYAEMIA

Dictionary entry overview: What does pyaemia mean?

• PYAEMIA (noun)
The noun PYAEMIA has 1 sense:

1. septicemia caused by pus-forming bacteria being released from an abscess

Familiarity information: PYAEMIA used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• PYAEMIA (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Septicemia caused by pus-forming bacteria being released from an abscess

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

pyaemia; pyemia

Hypernyms ("pyaemia" is a kind of...):

blood poisoning; septicaemia; septicemia (invasion of the bloodstream by virulent microorganisms from a focus of infection)

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