Definition of pyemia
: septicemia caused by pus-forming bacteria and accompanied by multiple abscesses
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Origin and Etymology of pyemia
New Latin
First Known Use: 1850
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pyemia
noun
py·emia
Medical 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
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