septicemic plague

Noun

Meaning

an especially dangerous and generally fatal form of the plague in which infecting organisms invade the bloodstream; does not spread from person to person

Source: WordNet

Hypernyms

plague pestilence pest pestis

Examples

The symptoms of plague depend on the concentrated areas of infection in each person: bubonic plague in lymph nodes, septicemic plague in blood vessels, pneumonic plague in lungs. Source: Internet

Untreated, septicemic plague is usually fatal. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

septicemia syndrome septicemia toxicemia septicemic septicentennial septicidal septicidally