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septicemia
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What does septicemia mean?
noun
- A disease caused by the presence of pathogenic organisms, especially bacteria, or their toxins, in the bloodstream, characterized by chills and fever.
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Pregnant women belonging to this class go into confinement with their blood so heavily charged with the by-products of an imperfect metabolism that they are very liable to have septicemia.
The mother died of septicemia, but the children both lived and were doing well six weeks after the operation.