septicemia
septicemia · septicemias
септицемия, сепсис, заражение крови
Blutvergiftung, Sepsis
A disease caused by the presence of pathogenic organisms, especially bacteria, or…A disease caused by the presence of pathogenic organisms, especially bacteria, or their toxins, in the bloodstream, characterized by chills and fever.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)A disease caused by the presence of pathogenic organisms, especially bacteria, or their toxins, in the bloodstream, characterized by chills and fever.
Blutvergiftung, Sepsis
септицеми́яsɛpticemíja, се́псисsɛ́psis, зараже́ние кро́виzaražénije króvi
More definitions
- invasion of the bloodstream by virulent microorganisms from a focus of infection
Translations
7 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
disease caused by pathogens in the blood:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
disease caused by pathogens in the blood:
Origin
Borrowed from New Latin sēpticaemia, from Latin sēpticus + -aemia.Borrowed from New Latin sēpticaemia, from Latin sēpticus + -aemia.
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Forms
plural: septicemiasSynonyms
3 synonymsClose in meaning
- invasion of the bloodstream by virulent microorganisms from a focus of infection:blood poisoningsepticaemia
Word family
4 related wordsDerivedcolisepticemia
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable