pyemia

n.
Septicemia caused by pyogenic microorganisms in the blood, often resulting in the formation of multiple abscesses.

pyemic py·e'mic adj.

(pī-ē'mē-ə)
n.

Septicemia caused by pyogenic microorganisms in the blood, often resulting in the formation of multiple abscesses. Also called pyohemia.

py·e'mic adj.

Septicemia in which secondary foci of suppuration occur and multiple abscesses are formed.

• arterial p. — a form due to the dissemination of septic emboli from the heart.
• cryptogenic p. — that in which the source of infection is in an unidentified tissue.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: septicemia caused by pus-forming bacteria released from an abscess
  Synonym: pyaemia

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