septicemia

== English == === Alternative forms === septicaemia septicæmia === Etymology === Borrowed from New Latin sēpticaemia, from Latin sēpticus + -aemia. === Pronunciation === === Noun === septicemia (countable and uncountable, plural septicemias) (medicine, pathology) A disease caused by the presence of pathogenic organisms, especially bacteria, or their toxins, in the bloodstream, characterized by chills and fever. Synonyms: blood poisoning, septic fever ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== sepsis bacteraemia pyemia === Anagrams === episematic == Portuguese == === Alternative forms === septicémia === Etymology === From séptico (“septic”) + -emia. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -iɐ Hyphenation: sep‧ti‧ce‧mi‧a === Noun === septicemia f (plural septicemias) (pathology) septicemia (disease caused by pathogens in the bloodstream) ==== Derived terms ==== septicémico (Portugal), septicêmico (Brazil) === Further reading === “septicemia”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “septicemia”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026 “septicemía” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913 “septicemia”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “septicemia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek σηπτικός (sēptikós, “septic”) + αἷμα (haîma, “blood”). By surface analysis, séptico +‎ -emia. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /sebtiˈθemja/ [seβ̞.t̪iˈθe.mja] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) IPA(key): /sebtiˈsemja/ [seβ̞.t̪iˈse.mja] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -emja Syllabification: sep‧ti‧ce‧mia === Noun === septicemia f (plural septicemias) (pathology) septicemia ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “septicemia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025