- septic fever
- fever due to septicemia.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
septic fever
Look at other dictionaries:
Septic shock — Classification and external resources ICD 10 A41.9 ICD 9 785.52 … Wikipedia
Septic arthritis — Classification and external resources ICD 10 M00 M03 ICD 9 … Wikipedia
Fever — (also known as pyrexia, from the Greek pyretos meaning fire, or a febrile response, from the Latin word febris , meaning fever, and archaically known as ague) is a frequent medical sign that describes an increase in internal body temperature to… … Wikipedia
septic shock — n a life threatening severe form of sepsis that usu. results from the presence of bacteria and their toxins in the bloodstream and is characterized esp. by persistent hypotension with reduced blood flow to organs and tissues and often organ… … Medical dictionary
Fever — Although a fever technically is any body temperature above the normal of 98.6 degrees F. (37 degrees C.), in practice a person is usually not considered to have a significant fever until the temperature is above 100.4 degrees F (38 degrees C.).… … Medical dictionary
septic sore throat — noun an infection of the oral pharynx and tonsils by streptococcus • Syn: ↑streptococcal sore throat, ↑strep throat, ↑streptococcus tonsilitis, ↑throat infection • Hypernyms: ↑sore throat, ↑pharyngitis, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
septicæmia — noun /sɛptɪˈsiːmɪə/ Blood poisoning; sepsis of the blood.<ref name= OED /> Syn: septæmia See Also: æmia, pyæmia, pyæmic, viræmia, viræmic, anæmia, chloræmia, collæmia, hæm, hæm , hæmapophysis, hæmapophysial, hæmautograph, hæmautographic,… … Wiktionary
septic sore throat — Pathol. an acute, toxic, streptococcus infection of the throat producing fever, tonsillitis, and other serious effects. [1920 25] * * * … Universalium
septic sore throat — sep′tic sore′ throat′ n. pat an acute toxic streptococcus infection of the throat producing fever, tonsillitis, and other serious effects … From formal English to slang
septic throat — /sɛptɪk ˈθroʊt/ (say septik throht) noun an acute, toxic, streptococcus infection of the throat producing fever, tonsillitis, and other serious effects …
