septicaemic
Definition
Adjective
Relating to or affected by septicaemia, a serious medical condition in which bacteria enter the bloodstream and cause widespread infection.
Usage Examples
- (The patient experienced a dangerous drop in blood pressure due to blood poisoning.)
- (Signs of blood infection.)
- (The injury led to blood poisoning.)
Advanced Usage
- "septicaemic phase": the stage of an infection when bacteria have entered the bloodstream.
- The illness progressed to a septicaemic phase, complicating recovery. (The infection moved into the bloodstream.)
- "septicaemic patient": a person suffering from septicaemia.
- Septicaemic patients are often treated in intensive care units. (Individuals with blood poisoning require close monitoring.)
Variants and Related Words
- Septicaemia (noun): the medical condition of blood poisoning.
- Septicaemia can be fatal if not treated promptly. (Blood infection.)
- Septicaemic (adj): as defined above.
- Septic (adj): relating to infection by bacteria; often used in "septic shock" (a severe form of septicaemia).
- The wound turned septic, leading to septicaemic complications. (The injury became infected.)
Synonyms
- Blood-poisoning (adj): describing the condition of having bacteria in the blood.
- The patient exhibited blood-poisoning symptoms. (Similar to septicaemic.)
- Systemic infection (adj): relating to an infection affecting the whole body.
- Systemic infection requires broad-spectrum antibiotics. (Whole-body infection.)
Related Idioms
- "Septic shock": a life-threatening drop in blood pressure caused by septicaemia.
- The patient went into septic shock after the infection entered the bloodstream. (Severe septicaemic crisis.)
Phrasal Verbs
- (Septicaemic is a medical adjective, not commonly used in phrasal verbs.)