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sapraemia

Variant of sapremia

noun

a form of blood poisoning caused by toxic products resulting from the action of putrefactive microorganisms on dead tissue

also sp. sapraemia

Origin: ModL: see sapro- & -emia

Related Forms:

sapremic adjective

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