Pyemia

noun

1. Septicemia caused by pyogenic microorganisms in the blood, often resulting in the formation of multiple abscesses.
2. In pathology, a febrile disease caused by the absorption of pus, or certain of its constituents, or of its bacteria, with the formation of metastatic abscesses.
3. See pyæmia.
4. Alternative spelling of pyaemia.
5. septicemia caused by pus-forming bacteria being released from an abscess