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sapremia

noun sa·pre·mia

Medical Definition of SAPREMIA

:  a toxic state resulting from the presence in the blood of toxic products of putrefactive bacteria and often accompanying gangrene of a part of the body

Variants of SAPREMIA

sa·pre·mia or chiefly British sa·prae·mia \sə-ˈprē-mē-ə\

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