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Septicaemia
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Sepˊti-cae′mi-a
,Noun.
[NL., from Gr. [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK] putrefactive + [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK] blood.]
(Med.)
A poisoned condition of the blood produced by the absorption into it of septic or putrescent material; blood poisoning. It is marked by chills, fever, prostration, and inflammation of the different serous membranes and of the lungs, kidneys, and other organs.
Definition 2024
septicaemia
septicaemia
See also: septicæmia
English
Noun
septicaemia (countable and uncountable, plural septicaemias)
- Alternative spelling of septicemia
Latin
Etymology
New Latin, from sēpticus (“putrifying”), from Ancient Greek σηπτικός (sēptikós, “septic”) + αἷμα (haîma, “blood”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /seːp.tiˈkae̯.mi.a/, [seːp.tɪˈkae̯.mi.a]
Noun
sēpticaemia f (genitive sēpticaemiae); first declension
- septicemia
- 1904, F. J. Poynton & W. V. Shaw, "On the relation of Staphylococcus pyogenes aueus to rheumatic fever", Transactions of the Pathological Society of London, 55: 127-128
- Quotiens autem injectio staphylococci aurei injectionem diplococci rheumatici subsequebatur, totiens evenit morbus quidam pyæmicus, aut septicaemia quae cito mortem attulit.
- 1904, F. J. Poynton & W. V. Shaw, "On the relation of Staphylococcus pyogenes aueus to rheumatic fever", Transactions of the Pathological Society of London, 55: 127-128
Inflection
First declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | sēpticaemia | sēpticaemiae |
| genitive | sēpticaemiae | sēpticaemiārum |
| dative | sēpticaemiae | sēpticaemiīs |
| accusative | sēpticaemiam | sēpticaemiās |
| ablative | sēpticaemiā | sēpticaemiīs |
| vocative | sēpticaemia | sēpticaemiae |