pyaemia noun. [pʌɪ'i:mɪǝ] Also *pyemia. M19.
[from PYO- + -AEMIA.]
Medicine. Blood-poisoning and fever caused by pus-forming bacteria released from an abscess, which may be followed by the widespread formation of abscesses; septicaemia.

■ pyaemic adjective of, pertaining to, or of the nature of pyaemia; affected with pyaemia: M19.

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