Pyemia (Noun)
Meaning
Septicemia caused by pus-forming bacteria being released from an abscess.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural processes.
Examples
- The patient's septicemia quickly progressed into pyemia as bacteria escaped from the infected abscess and spread through the bloodstream.
- Following a minor surgery, the elderly patient developed pyemia, requiring aggressive treatment with antibiotics.
- After suffering from an infected abscess, the athlete contracted pyemia and had to postpone his professional sports career indefinitely.
- Doctors quickly realized the infected abscess was releasing bacteria, resulting in a case of severe pyemia.
- As a complication of a serious staph infection, the young patient's abscess turned into a condition of life-threatening pyemia.