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BACTERIEMIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bacteriemia mean?
• BACTERIEMIA (noun)
The noun BACTERIEMIA has 1 sense:
1. transient presence of bacteria (or other microorganisms) in the blood
Familiarity information: BACTERIEMIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Transient presence of bacteria (or other microorganisms) in the blood
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
bacteremia; bacteriaemia; bacteriemia
Hypernyms ("bacteriemia" is a kind of...):
pathology (any deviation from a healthy or normal condition)
Domain category:
micro-organism; microorganism (any organism of microscopic size)
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