pyemia

py·emia

noun

Definition of PYEMIA

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

—py·emic or chiefly British py·ae·mic \-mik\ adjective

Variants of PYEMIA

py·emia or chiefly British py·ae·mia \pī-ˈē-mē-ə\