different between septicemia vs pyaemia

English

Alternative forms

• septicaemia
• septicæmia

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin, from Latin s?pticus + New Latin -emia.

Noun

septicemia (countable and uncountable, plural septicemias)

1. (pathology) A disease caused by the presence of pathogenic organisms, especially bacteria, or their toxins, in the bloodstream, characterised by chills and fever.

Synonyms

• blood poisoning
• septic fever

Derived terms

• septicemic

Translations

See also

• sepsis
• bacteraemia
• pyemia

Anagrams

• episematic

Portuguese

Etymology

From séptico (“septic”) +? -emia.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?sep.t??i.se.?mi.?/

Noun

septicemia f (plural septicemias)

1. (pathology) septicemia (disease caused by pathogens in the bloodstream)

Derived terms

• septicémico

Spanish

Noun

septicemia f (plural septicemias)

1. septicemia

English

Alternative forms

• pyæmia, pyemia (American), pyœmia

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???? (púon, “pus”) + ???? (haîma, “blood”).

Noun

pyaemia (countable and uncountable, plural pyaemias)

1. (pathology) A type of septicemia caused usually by the presence of Staphylococcus bacteria in the bloodstream; characterised by metastatic abscesses and other symptoms associated with septicemia.

Derived terms

• pyaemic

Translations