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septicæmia

See also: septicaemia

English

Alternative forms

septicaemia
septicemia (US)^[1]

Noun

septicæmia ‎(countable and uncountable, plural septicæmias or septicæmiæ)

(pathology) Blood poisoning; sepsis of the blood.^[1]

Synonyms

septæmia

Derived terms

septicæmic

Related terms

terms related by derivation from the Ancient Greek noun αἷμα (aima, “blood”)

-æmia
- pyæmia (medicine) → pyæmic (medicine)
- viræmia (medicine) → viræmic
anæmia
chloræmia (pathology)
collæmia (pathology)
hæm
hæm- →
- hæmapophysis (anatomy) → hæmapophysial
- hæmautograph →
  - hæmautographic
  - hæmautography
- hæmochromatosis (pathology)
- hæmochrome → hæmochromometer
- hæmochromogen
- hæmocœle
- hæmoconcentration
- hæmocyanin (chemistry)
- hæmocyte (medicine and zoölogy)
- hæmocytometer
- hæmodialysis (medicine) → hæmodialyser
- hæmodromograph
- hæmodromometer
- hæmodynamic(s)
- hæmodynamometer
- hæmogastric
- hæmogenetic
- hæmoglobulin (chemistry)
- hæmogram
- hæmogregarine
- hæmolymph(atic) (physiology)
- hæmolysis (medicine) →
  - hæmolysate
  - hæmolyse →
    - hæmolysed
    - hæmolysing
  - hæmolysin
  - hæmolytic(ally)
- hæmometer
- hæmopathology
- hæmophæin (chemistry) → hæmophæic
- hæmophilia, hæmophily (pathology) →
  - hæmophiliac
  - hæmophilic
- hæmophobia (pathology)
- hæmoptic (proscribed in favour of hæmoptoic)
- hæmoptoë (pathology, proscribed in favour of hæmoptysis) → hæmoptoic
- hæmoptysis (pathology) → hæmoptysic(al)
- hæmopneumothorax
- hæmopoiesis
- hæmopoietic
- hæmopoietin(e)
- hæmoscope → hæmoscopy
- hæmosiderin
- hæmosiderosis
- hæmospastic
- hæmostasis
- hæmostat
- hæmostatic
- hæmostatics
- hæmotachometer → hæmotachometry
- hæmothorax
- hæmotrophy
hæma- (erroneous, artefact from French)
hæmad
hæmafibrite (mineralogy)
hæmagglutinate →
hæmagglutinating
hæmagglutination
hæmagglutinin
hæmagogue
hæmal (anatomy) →
- hæmal arch
- hæmal canal
- hæmal cavity
- hæmal gland
- hæmal spine
- hæmal system
hæmangioblastoma(ta) (pathology)
hæmangioma(ta) (pathology) → hæmangiomatosis
hæmanthus (botany)
hæmarthrosis (pathology)
hæmat- (chiefly in physiology and medicine) →
- hæmataulics
- hæmat(h)idrosis (pathology)
- hæmatobic
- hæmatobious
- hæmatoblast(ic) (physiology)
- hæmatocathartic
- hæmatochrome
- hæmatocrit, hæmatokrit
- Hæmatocrya → hæmatocryal
- hæmatocyanin
- hæmatocyst(is)
- hæmatocyte → hæmatocytometer
- hæmatodynamics
- hæmatodynamometer
- hæmatogastric
- hæmatogen (obsolete)
- hæmatogenesis
- hæmatogenic
- hæmatogenous
- hæmatognomist (obsolete)
- hæmatography
- hæmatolytic
- hæmatomyelia
- hæmatopathology
- hæmatophagous
- hæmatophilia
- hæmatophobia
- hæmatophyte
- hæmatopoiesis
- hæmatopoietic
- hæmatoporphyrin
- hæmatosalpinx
- hæmatoscope
- hæmatoscopy
- hæmatospectroscope
- hæmatostibiite (mineralogy)
- hæmatothermal
- hæmatothorax
- hæmatozoön →
  - hæmatozoan
  - hæmatozoic
- hæmatocele (pathology)
- hæmatocrystallin (chemistry)
- hæmatoglobulin, hæmatoglobin, hæmoglobulin, hæmoglobin (chemistry) →
  - hæmoglobinæmia (pathology)
  - hæmoglobiniferous
  - hæmoglobinometer → hæmoglobinometry
  - hæmoglobinopathy
  - hæmoglobinuria (pathology) → hæmoglobinuric
  - oxyhæmoglobin
- hæmatology →
  - hæmatologic (al)(ly)
  - hæmatologist
- hæmatometer → hæmatometry
- hæmatoporphyria (medical, now historical)
- hæmatoxylin (chemistry) → hæmatoxylic
- hæmaturia (pathology) → hæmaturic
hæmatal
hæmatemesis (pathology)
hæmatherm (zoölogy) →
- hæmathermal
- hæmathermous
hæmatic(s)
hæmatid
hæmatin (chemistry) →
- hæmatinic
- hæmatinometer
- hæmatinometric
- hæmatinuria
hæmatine (obsolete)
hæmatinon
hæmatite(s) (mineralogy) (red hæmatite(s), brown hæmatite(s)) → hæmatitiform
hæmatitic(al) (-al form obsolete)
hæmatoid → hæmatoidin (chemistry)
hæmatoin (chemistry)
hæmatoma(ta) (pathology) → hæmatomatous
hæmatose
hæmatosin (chemistry)
hæmatosis
hæmerythrin (biochemistry)
-hæmia →
- polycythæmia (medicine) →
  - polycythæmia rubra
  - polycythæmia rubra vera
  - polycythæmia vera
  - polycythæmic
hæmic (unetymological, hæmatic preferred)
hæmiglobin (biochemistry)
hæmin (chemistry)
hæmoid
hæmony (obsolete)
hæmophobous (rare)
hæmorrhagic(ally) → hæmorrhagic fever (medicine)
hæmorrhagious (obsolete, rare)
hæmorrhagy, hæmorrhagia (obsolete) → hæmorrhage → hæmorrhaging
hæmorrhoid(es) →
- hæmorrhoidal (pathology, rare, or anatomy)
- hæmorrhoidectomy
hæmorrhoid, hæmorrhe, hæmorrhoïs, hæmorrhus (obsolete)
hypercalcæmia (physiology) → hypercalcæmic
hyper(h)æmia (pathology) →
- active hyper(h)æmia, arterial hyper(h)æmia
- passive hyper(h)æmia, venous hyper(h)æmia
- hyper(h)æmia
hypocalcæmia (physiology) → hypocalcæmic
hypochloræmia (physiology)
hyponatræmia (physiology) → hyponatræmic
hypophosphatæmia (physiology) → hypophosphatæmic
hypopotassæmia (physiology) → hypopotassæmic
hypoproteinæmia (physiology) → hypoproteinæmic
hypoprothrombinæmia (medicine) → hypoprothrombinæmic
ichorrhæmia (pathology) → ichorrhæmic
leukæmia (pathology)
leukæmic
leukæmogenic (medicine) →
- leukæmogen
- leukæmogenesis
leukæmoid (medicine)
spanæmia (pathology) → spanæmic
stercoræmia (pathology)
thalassæmia (pathology)
- thalassæmia intermedia
- thalassæmia major
- thalassæmia minor
- thalassæmic
tularæmia (pathology) → tularæmic
tyrosinæmia (medicine)
uræmia (pathology) → uræmic (pathology)
urinæmia (US, pathology)

terms related by derivation from the Ancient Greek verb σήπειν (sēpein, “to putrefy”)

References

1 2 3 4 “‖septicæmia” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2^nd Ed.; 1989]

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