Definition of "septicaemia" []

• Alternative spelling of septicemia. (noun)

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• "It is impossible to say how much time he spent treating, with this method, women who had become anuric following abortion manoeuvres resulting in septicaemia due to Clostridium perfringens - this was his first contact with kidney failure!"
• "Meningococcal septicaemia occurs when poisons caused by the meningococcal bacteria enter the blood stream."
• "Just a few days after suffering a miscarriage, singer Lily Allen has been hospitalized for septicaemia, which is a blood-poisoning condition that could develop into septic shock."