blood poisoning
Noun
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Invasion of the bloodstream by virulent microorganisms from a focus of infection (synset 114213319)
is a type of:
- sepsis - the presence of pus-forming bacteria or their toxins in the blood or tissues
- blood disease, blood disorder - a disease or disorder of the blood
subtypes:- childbed fever, puerperal fever - serious form of septicemia contracted by a woman during childbirth or abortion (usually attributable to unsanitary conditions); formerly widespread but now uncommon
- pyaemia, pyemia - septicemia caused by pus-forming bacteria being released from an abscess
- toxaemia, toxemia - blood poisoning caused by bacterial toxic substances in the blood
- fowl cholera - an acute diarrheal disease (especially of chickens) caused by the microorganism that causes hemorrhagic septicemia
- shipping fever, shipping pneumonia - a deadly form of septicemia in cattle and sheep; involves high fever and pneumonia; contracted under conditions of exposure or exhaustion (as often happens when the animals are shipped to market)
same as: septicaemia, septicemia
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