pyohemia


pyemia

 [pi-e´me-ah] septicemia in which secondary foci of pus formation occur and multiple abscesses are formed. adj., adj pye´mic.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.

py·o·he·mi·a

(pī'ō-hē'mē-ă), A rarely used term for pyemia.