Septicemia due to pyogenic organisms causing multiple abscesses. SYN: pyogenic fever. [G. pyon, pus, + haima, blood]
- cryptogenic p. p. whose source is not evident.
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py·emia or chiefly Brit py·ae·mia pī-'ē-mē-ə n septicemia accompanied by multiple abscesses and secondary toxemic symptoms and caused by pus-forming microorganisms (as the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus) called also septicopyemia
py·emic or chiefly Brit py·ae·mic -mik adj
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py·e·mia (pi-eґme-ə) [py- + -emia] a general septicemia in which secondary foci of suppuration occur and multiple abscesses are formed. The condition is marked by fever, chills, sweating, jaundice, and abscesses in various parts of the body. Called also metastatic infection. pyemic adjMedical dictionary. 2011.