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pyemia
(redirected from cryptogenic pyemia)

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pyemia /py·e·mia/ (-em´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·emic 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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