pyemia
/paɪˈimiə/
noun
- A serious medical condition in which pus-forming bacteria spread through the bloodstream, causing abscesses in various organs.
- Doctors treated the patient's pyemia with a combination of drainage and intravenous antibiotics.
- Before the invention of antibiotics, pyemia was often fatal after surgery.
- The wound became infected, leading to pyemia and multiple abscesses in the lungs.