pyemia

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
pyemia

▶noun US spelling of pyaemia.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
pyaemia /pʌɪˈiːmɪə/ (US pyemia)

▶noun blood poisoning caused by the release of pus-forming bacteria from an abscess.

– derivatives
pyaemic adjective.

– origin C19: mod. L., from Gk puon ‘pus’ + haima ‘blood’.