sapraemia

plural sapraemias · alternative sapræmia

1. countableuncountableblood poisoning caused by the ingestion/absorption of toxins of putrefactive bacteria.

   These substances are absorbed into the circulation, and produce the typical symptoms associated with sapraemia.

   1805, Sir Anthony Alfred Bowlby, Surgical Pathology and Morbid Anatomy, page 74

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   The stem is used for bilious conditions; ash for discharges and wounds, sapraemia in Malaya; infusion of straw for dysentery, gout, and rheumatism.

   1993, James A. Duke, CRC Handbook of Alternative Cash Crops, →ISBN, page 342

   As Jellett's textbook instructed them, sapraemia resulted from 'poisons' formed 'during the putrefaction or decomposition of dead animal matter', in this case blood clots or parts of the placenta left behind in the uterus.

   2007, Mavis Kirkham, Exploring the Dirty Side of Women's Health, →ISBN, page 32