Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pyaemia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pyaemia
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of septicemia caused usually by the presence of Staphylococcus bacteria in the bloodstream; characterised by metastatic abscesses and other symptoms associated with septicemia.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πύον (púon, “pus”) + αἷμα (haîma, “blood”).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: πύον

Usage

Inflected Forms

pyaemias (plural) pyæmia (alternative) pyemia (alternative) pyœmia (alternative)

Derived Forms

pyaemic

Synonyms

pyemia

Questions

What does pyaemia mean?: A type of septicemia caused usually by the presence of Staphylococcus bacteria in the bloodstream; characterised by metastatic abscesses and other symptoms associated with septicemia.
Where does pyaemia come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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