pyemia /py·e·mia/ (-ēm´e-ah) septicemia in which secondary foci of suppuration occur and multiple abscesses are formed.pye´mic
arterial pyemia that due to dissemination of septic emboli from the heart.
cryptogenic pyemia that in which the source of infection is in an unidentified tissue.
py·e·mi·a (p -  m- )n. Septicemia caused by pyogenic microorganisms in the blood, often resulting in the formation of multiple abscesses. Also called pyohemia. py·e mic adj. |
pyemia
septicemia in which secondary foci of suppuration occur and multiple abscesses are formed.
arterial pyemia
a form due to the dissemination of septic emboli from the heart.
cryptogenic pyemia
that in which the source of infection is in an unidentified tissue.
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