Septicemia

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A disease caused by the presence of pathogenic organisms, especially bacteria, or their toxins, in the bloodstream, characterized by chills and fever.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Españolsepticemia

Françaissepticémie

DeutschBlutvergiftung Sepsis

18 more languages

العربيةتسمّم الدمّ

Bosanskisepsa

Catalàsèpsia septicèmia

Češtinasepse

Cymraeggwenwyniad gwaed

Ελληνικάσηψαιμία

Suomiseptikemia verenmyrkytys

Hrvatskisepsa

Íslenskablóðeitrun

Italianosetticemia

Latinasepticaemia

Nederlandsbloedvergiftiging

Portuguêssepticémia

Românăsepticemie

Русскийзараже́ние кро́ви се́псис септицеми́я

Slovenčinasepsa

Српскиsepsa

Türkçeseptisemi

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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See also

septicentennial septicine septicity septicization septicopyemia septide

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