As nouns the difference between septicemia and meningococcemia
is that septicemia is a disease caused by the presence of pathogenic organisms, especially bacteria, or their toxins, in the bloodstream, characterised by chills and fever while meningococcemia is meningococcal septicemia, a form of sepsis caused by the bacterium species: Neisseria meningitidis.
septicemia
English
Alternative forms
* septicaemia
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Noun
(
en noun)
(pathology) A disease caused by the presence of pathogenic organisms, especially bacteria, or their toxins, in the bloodstream, characterised by chills and fever.
Synonyms
* blood poisoning
* septic fever
Derived terms
* septicemic
See also
* sepsis
* bacteraemia
* pyemia
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meningococcemia
Alternative forms
* meningococcaemia
Noun
(en-noun)
Meningococcal septicemia, a form of sepsis caused by the bacterium .