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SAPREMIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sapremia mean?
• SAPREMIA (noun)
The noun SAPREMIA has 1 sense:
1. blood poisoning caused by putrefactive bacteria; results from eating putrefied matter
Familiarity information: SAPREMIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Blood poisoning caused by putrefactive bacteria; results from eating putrefied matter
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
sapraemia; sapremia
Hypernyms ("sapremia" is a kind of...):
sepsis (the presence of pus-forming bacteria or their toxins in the blood or tissues)
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