or chiefly Brit  py*ae*mia  n :  septicemia accompanied by multiple abscesses and secondary toxemic symptoms and caused by pus-forming microorganisms (as the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus) - called also septicopyemia  py*emic or chiefly Brit  py*ae*mic  adj 
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  pyaemia 
 
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