Definition of Bacteremia

1. Noun. Transient presence of bacteria (or other microorganisms) in the blood.

Exact synonyms: Bacteriaemia, Bacteriemia
Category relationships: Micro-organism, Microorganism
Generic synonyms: Pathology
Derivative terms: Bacteremic

Definition of Bacteremia

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of bacteraemia) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bacteremia

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Bacteremia

1. The presence of viable bacteria circulating in the bloodstream. Origin: Gr. Bakterion, haima = blood (11 Jan 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bacteremia

baconed
baconer
baconers
baconless
baconlike
bacons
bacony
bacopa
bacopas
bacronym
bacronyms
bacs
bactenecin
bacteraemia
bacteraemias
bacteremia (current term)
bacteremias
bacteremic
bacteri-
bacteria
bacteria-free stage of bacterial endocarditis
bacteria bed
bacteria family
bacteria genus
bacteria order
bacteria species
bacteriacide
bacteriae
bacteriaemia
bacterial

Literary usage of Bacteremia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1908)
"In only one case (nasal erysipelas) did we find a bacteremia. 3. ... In osteomyelitis of the inferior maxilla we have not seen a bacteremia, even when the ..."

2. Gonorrhea in Women: Its Pathology, Symptomatology, Diagnosis, and Treatment by Charles Camblos Norris (1913)
"GONORRHEA OF THE OSSEOUS AND CIRCULATORY SYSTEMS GONORRHEAL SEPTICEMIA, bacteremia, AND TOXEMIA THAT gonorrhea can no longer be regarded as a purely local ..."

3. General Pathology and Principles of Medicine for Students and Practitioners by Vernon Cecil Rowland (1921)
"Septicemia or bacteremia (bacteria in the blood) is the more advanced ... Certain bacillary infections such as typhoid fever show a bacteremia as the ..."

4. Oral Abscesses by Kurt Hermann Thoma (1916)
"TOXEMIA r^ie result ft"010 absorption of bacterial bacteremia Frequently, however, we find conditions when bacteria are not potent enough to cause gross ..."

5. Diabetes in America by Ronald Aubert (1996)
"bacteremia Many reports have considered whether diabetes predisposes to a higher incidence or case fatality rate for bacteremia, but few have employed ..."

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