pyemia

noun

py·​emia pī-ˈē-mē-ə 

: septicemia caused by pus-forming bacteria and accompanied by multiple abscesses

Word History

Etymology

New Latin

First Known Use

1850, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

pyemia

noun

py·​emia

variants or chiefly British pyaemia

pī-ˈē-mē-ə 

: septicemia accompanied by multiple abscesses and secondary toxemic symptoms and caused by pus-forming microorganisms (as the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus)

called also septicopyemia

pyemic adjective

or chiefly British pyaemic

-mik