BLOOD POISONING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does blood poisoning mean? 

• BLOOD POISONING (noun)
  The noun BLOOD POISONING has 1 sense:

1. invasion of the bloodstream by virulent microorganisms from a focus of infection

  Familiarity information: BLOOD POISONING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLOOD POISONING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Invasion of the bloodstream by virulent microorganisms from a focus of infection

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

blood poisoning; septicaemia; septicemia

Hypernyms ("blood poisoning" is a kind of...):

sepsis (the presence of pus-forming bacteria or their toxins in the blood or tissues)

blood disease; blood disorder (a disease or disorder of the blood)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "blood poisoning"):

childbed fever; puerperal fever (serious form of septicemia contracted by a woman during childbirth or abortion (usually attributable to unsanitary conditions); formerly widespread but now uncommon)

pyaemia; pyemia (septicemia caused by pus-forming bacteria being released from an abscess)

toxaemia; toxemia (blood poisoning caused by bacterial toxic substances in the blood)

fowl cholera (an acute diarrheal disease (especially of chickens) caused by the microorganism that causes hemorrhagic septicemia)

shipping fever; shipping pneumonia (a deadly form of septicemia in cattle and sheep; involves high fever and pneumonia; contracted under conditions of exposure or exhaustion (as often happens when the animals are shipped to market))

 Context examples 

Infection with a pathogenic strain, however, can cause blood poisoning or other serious conditions.

(Wash your hands or else spread superbug E. coli, say scientists, Wikinews)