blood poisoning
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- noun
- /blʌd ˈpɔɪzənɪŋ/
:
septicemia
- Severe infections, if not treated promptly, can result in blood poisoning and may prove fatal.
- get blood poisoning
- causes blood poisoning
- die of blood poisoning
Five years ago she fell I'll with blood, blood poisoning caused by a resistant bug and she's still in hospital.
- Five years ago she fell I'll with blood, blood poisoning caused by a resistant bug and she's still in hospital.
- He suffers from blood poisoning, recovers from that and then has a heart attack and will eventually succumb to renal failure.
Examples
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They had lived this way since Mary was nine and her father had died of blood poisoning.
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She died in that hospital of blood poisoning after days.
Blog text (33) -
We also know that they died from infections and blood poisoning.
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Internal infections can result in blood poisoning, which can kill you.
Blog text (13) -
Internal infections may become blood poisoning, which is often fatal.
Blog text (15) -
After severe peritonitis and a very bad case of blood poisoning that almost killed him, Reginald died.
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Savita died of septicaemia (blood poisoning) four days later on October 28.
Blog text (5) -
A post-mortem examination found she had septicaemia, a form of blood poisoning, and an E. coli infection.
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He suffers from blood poisoning, recovers from that and then has a heart attack and will eventually succumb to renal failure.
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If left untreated, blood poisoning can lead to severe inflammation and can be life-threatening.
Synonyms
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A serious infection when harmful germs enter the blood and spread through the body
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A serious illness when harmful substances enter the blood and make a person very sick
How Severe
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and compositionally derived from 'blood' (the bodily fluid) + 'poisoning' (harm from a toxic agent) — i.e. poisoning of the blood — so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer the concept. This compound follows a straightforward noun+noun pattern common cross-linguistically, even if the precise medical term (sepsis) may be unfamiliar.
Etymology
Blood poisoning comes from the image of harmful germs or their poisons getting into the blood and 'poisoning' the body. That's why it means a serious 'infection' that spreads through the blood.