noun
septicemia
Septicemia (noun) means a disease caused by the presence of pathogenic organisms, especially bacteria, or their toxins, in the bloodstream, characterized by chills and fever.
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A disease caused by the presence of pathogenic organisms, especially bacteria, or their toxins, in the bloodstream, characterized by chills and fever.
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Etymology
Borrowed from New Latin sēpticaemia, from Latin sēpticus + -aemia.
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"septicemia" (noun) means a disease caused by the presence of pathogenic organisms, especially bacteria, or their toxins, in the bloodstream, characterized by chills and fever.