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Pyemia   Listen
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Pyemia, Pyaemia  n.  (Med.) A form of blood poisoning produced by the absorption of pyogenic microorganisms into the blood, usually from a wound or local inflammation. It is characterized by multiple abscesses throughout the body, and is attended with irregularly recurring chills, fever, profuse sweating, and exhaustion.






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... in connection with abdominal injuries, severe head injuries and secondary to acute traumatic osteo-myelitis, was the form most commonly seen. Pyaemia with secondary deposits was uncommon, and often of a somewhat subacute form; thus I saw several patients recover after secondary abscesses had been opened, or the primary focus of infection removed. The only really acute case of joint pyaemia I ...
— Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 • George Henry Makins



Words linked to "Pyemia" :   septicemia, pyemic, pyaemia, blood poisoning



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