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bacteræmia Path.|bæktəˈriːmɪə|
Also bacteremia, bacteriˈæmia.
[mod.L., ad. F. bactériémie (Vulpian 1874, in Compt. Rend. Soc. de Biol. 1872 IV. ii. 52), f. bacterium + Gr. αἷµα blood: see -ia1.]
The presence of bacteria in the blood.
1890Billings Med. Dict. I. 141/1 Bacteriaemia. 1910Lancet 30 Apr. 1212/1 In the case of septicæmia, the somewhat ungainly terms ‘bacillæmia’ or ‘bacteriæmia’ have been proposed, or sometimes the name of the organism is appended, so that we may speak of..a gonococcal bacteriæmia. 1933Ibid. 7 Oct. 805/1 In those cases in which both bacteræmia and leucocytosis were studied, the onset of complications was preceded not only by a positive blood culture but also by a high leucocytosis. 1961Ibid. 5 Aug. 296/2 This seemed particularly useful..to allow thrombosis or bacteriæmia to subside. Ibid. 30 Sept. 735/2 Inflammatory renal disease..was a possible source of the proteus bacteræmia. 1961Brit. Med. Dict. 1292/1 Septicaemia..should be distinguished from bacteraemia in which organisms appear in the blood without the severe rapid generalization of infection characteristic of septicaemia.
Add: Hence bacteˈræmic a., of, pertaining to, or caused by bacteraemia.
1951Whitby & Hynes Med. Bacteriol. (ed. 5) xi. 196 The mortality of this form of pneumonia is high, especially in bacteræmic cases. 1980Rec. Adv. Surg. X. 24 The remaining cases died in the postoperative period as a result of bacteriaemic [sic] shock. |