# septicemia

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #99,836

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

## Etymology
Borrowed from New Latin sēpticaemia, from Latin sēpticus + -aemia.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/septicemia