|  septicemia 
 
 invasion of the bloodstream by virulent microorganisms from a focus of infection
 • Syn:
 blood poisoning, septicaemia
 • Derivationally related forms:
 septicemic
 • Hypernyms:
 sepsis, blood disease, blood disorder
 • Hyponyms:
 puerperal fever, childbed fever, pyemia, pyaemia, toxemia,
 toxaemia, fowl cholera, shipping fever, shipping pneumonia
 
 
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