septicemia
1 synonym for septicemia, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — (medicine) A serious illness caused by harmful germs, usually bacteria, or their poisons getting into the blood, causing fever and shivering.
Synonyms
Rare, literary or technical
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septicaemia
Etymology
Borrowed from New Latin sēpticaemia, formed from Latin sēpticus and -aemia.
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