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Definition of Pyemia
1. Noun. Septicemia caused by pus-forming bacteria being released from an abscess.
Generic synonyms: Blood Poisoning, Septicaemia, Septicemia
Derivative terms: Pyaemic, Pyemic
Definition of Pyemia
1. n. See PyÆmia.
Definition of Pyemia
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of pyaemia) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pyemia
1. the presence of pus in the blood [n -S] : PYEMIC [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pyemia
Literary usage of Pyemia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. General Surgery by Eugen Fröhner (1906)
"pyemia is a general wound- infection disease ; in contrast to septicemia it is
characterized ... The bacteria of pyemia are essentially those of septicemia. ..."
2. Principles of Surgery by Worcester Allen Bryan (1913)
"While certain non-pyogenic bacteria may exceptionally be responsible for septicemia,
the causative bacteria of pyemia must obviously be pyogenic. ..."
3. A Text-book of the Practice of Medicine by James Meschter Anders (1898)
"The other internal organs should also receive careful attention. pyemia.
Definition.—A disease of the blood invariably associated with sup-, ..."
4. Monographic Medicine by Albion Walter Hewlett, Lewellys Franklin Barker, Milton Howard Fussell, Henry Leopold Elsner (1916)
"V. Pyogenic Infections—Septicemia—pyemia (Sepsis, Blood Poisoning, ...
In contradistinction to pyemia (a surgical affection), sepsis does not include ..."
5. Clinical Hematology: A Practical Guide to the Examination of the Blood with by John C. DaCosta (1901)
"SEPTICEMIA AND pyemia. The blood changes found in those conditions GENERAL due
to the presence in the circulating blood of FEATURES. septic bacteria or ..."
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