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Pyaemia
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: noun (n.)
A form of blood poisoning produced by the absorption into the blood of morbid matters usually originating in a wound or local inflammation. It is characterized by the development of multiple abscesses throughout the body, and is attended with irregularly recurring chills, fever, profuse sweating, and exhaustion.