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Examples of blood poisoning in a Sentence
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This can result in perforations, twisting and/or blockage of the intestines, infection, blood poisoning, and death.
—John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 18 Jan. 2024
Infection set in, progressed to gangrene, and Daniels died from sepsis or blood poisoning.
—Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Dec. 2023
These findings pointed to blood poisoning by bacteria.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Nov. 2023
The infection can lead to both meningitis and a serious infection of the bloodstream called septicemia, or blood poisoning.
—Zenebou Sylla, CNN, 2 Sep. 2023
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Pfizer’s new vaccine to protect against five groups of deadly bacteria that can cause meningitis and blood poisoning.
—Staff Author, Verywell Health, 27 Oct. 2023
That phone was long gone, as were the homes, each eventually discovered and destroyed; as was Wood’s soulmate, who died of blood poisoning resulting from her drug use.
—Jennifer Egan, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2023
To cap it all, Elizabeth, the queen’s personal housemaid, died of blood poisoning.
—Jonathan Miles, Town & Country, 5 Sep. 2023
According to a paper in the Journal of Family Practice, reported complications from colon cleansing include cramping, abdominal pain, vomiting, rectal perforation, blood poisoning, kidney failure, fatal amoebic infection, and fatal accumulation of gas in the veins.
—Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 4 July 2014
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Word History
First Known Use
1844, in the meaning defined above
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“Blood poisoning.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blood%20poisoning. Accessed 13 Jun. 2024.
Kids Definition
blood poisoning
noun
: a serious condition marked by the passage of disease-causing microorganisms into the blood
Medical Definition
blood poisoning
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