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PYEMIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pyemia mean?
• PYEMIA (noun)
The noun PYEMIA has 1 sense:
1. septicemia caused by pus-forming bacteria being released from an abscess
Familiarity information: PYEMIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Septicemia caused by pus-forming bacteria being released from an abscess
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
pyaemia; pyemia
Hypernyms ("pyemia" is a kind of...):
blood poisoning; septicaemia; septicemia (invasion of the bloodstream by virulent microorganisms from a focus of infection)
Derivation:
pyemic (of or relating to pyemia)
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