Look up: septicemia

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   Septicemia
   The presence of pathogenic bacteria or other microbes in the blood stream...a serious business, since most defenses are focused outside the bloodstream and the infection has bypassed them either due to its virulence, the depth and severity of the original focal infection or the weakened state of the body's immunity and life energy. Blood poisoning.
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   Septicemia
   Septicemia: Systemic (bodywide) illness with toxicity due to invasion of the bloodstream by virulent bacteria coming from a local seat of infection. The symptoms of chills, fever and exhaustion are caused by the bacteria and substances they produce. The disorder is treated with massive doses of antibiotics. Also known as blood poisoning.
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   septicemia
   a term originally used to denote a putrefactive process in the body, but now usually referring to infection with pyogenic micro-organisms; a genus of Diptera; the severe type of infection in which the blood stream is invaded by large numbers of the causal bacteria which multiply in it and spread Category: Medicine
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   septicemia
   Synonym for septicaemia ... Systemic disease associated with the presence and persistence of pathogenic microorganisms or their toxins in the blood. ... Synonym: blood poisoning. ... See: bacteraemia. ... Origin: Gr. Haima = blood ... (11 Jan 1998) ...
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   septicemia
   (sep″tĭ-se´me-ә) the presence of infective agents or their toxins in the bloodstream, popularly known as blood poisoning. It is characterized by elevated body temperature, chills, and weakness. Small abscesses may form on the surface of the body and red and blue streaks become apparent along the pathway of su...
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   septicemia
   infection resulting from the presence of bacteria in the blood (bacteremia). The onset of septicemia is signaled by a high fever, chills, weakness, ... [2 related articles]
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   septicemia
   (septic + Gr. haima blood + -ia) systemic disease associated with the presence and persistence of pathogenic microorganisms or their toxins in the blood. Called also blood poisoning.
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   septicemia
   septicemia, septicaemia; septicemic, septicaemic 1. A morbid condition of the blood, characterized by the presence and possibly multiplication of pathogenic bacteria entering from a region of infection; such as, an infected wound; blood poisoning. It is marked by chills, fever, prostration, and degenerative and inflammatory changes in the internal organs. 2. A systemic disease caused by pathog...
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   septicemia
   Systemic disease caused by the spread of microorganisms and their toxins via the circulating blood; formerly called “blood poisoning.” See Also: pyemia Syn: septic fever, septic intoxication [G. spsis, putrefaction, + haima, blood]
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    septicemia
    Circulation of infective bacteria and leukocytes (white blood cells) responding to them in the blood. Bacteria may transiently enter the blood normally but these are removed by the reticulo-endothelial system. If this system fails and bacteria continue to circulate, their products and those of the w...
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    septicemia
    septicemia (septisē'mēu) , invasion of the bloodstream by virulent bacteria that multiply and discharge their toxic products. The disorder, which is serious and sometimes fatal, is commonly known as blood poisoning. The invasive organisms are usually streptococci or staphylococci but...
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