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Bacteremia

Definition: Bacteremia

Bacteremia

Noun

1. Transient presence of bacteria (or other microorganisms) in the blood.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 



Specialty Definitions: Bacteremia

DomainDefinitions

Health

The presence of viable bacteria circulating in the blood. Fever, chills, tachycardia, and tachypnea are common acute manifestations of bacteremia. The majority of cases are seen in already hospitalized patients, most of whom have underlying diseases or procedures which render their bloodstreams susceptible to invasion. (references)

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Synonyms: Bacteremia

Synonyms: bacteriaemia (n), bacteriemia (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Bacteremia

English words defined with "bacteremia": bacteremic. (references)
Specialty definitions using "bacteremia": Blood-Borne PathogensGardnerella vaginalisHemorrhagic BacteremiaMelioidosisPasteurella multocidaYersinia pseudotuberculosis. (references)

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Non-Fiction Usage: Bacteremia

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Pneumonia, bacteremia, otitis media, meningitis, sinusitis, peritonitis and arthritis. (references)

National surveillance is conducted through NETSS and the National Bacterial Meningitis and Bacteremia Reporting System. (references)

Pregnant women experience a mild, flu-like illness followed by fetal loss or bacteremia and meningitis in their newborns. (references)

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Expression: Bacteremia

Expression using "bacteremia": Hemorrhagic Bacteremia. Additional references.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Bacteremia

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

bacteremia

38

bacteremia pcr

5
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Modern Translations: Bacteremia

Language Translations for "bacteremia"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Pig Latin

  

acteremiabay.(various references)

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Derivations: Bacteremia

Derivations

Words beginning with "bacteremia": bacteremias. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Bacteremia

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-b-c-e-e-i-m-r-t"

-2 letters: acerbate, acierate, bacteria, crabmeat, emaciate, macerate, racemate.

-3 letters: abreact, acerate, amirate, amreeta, beamier, bearcat, becrime, cabaret, camerae, cremate, embrace, emerita, emirate, macaber, macabre, meatier, terebic.

-4 letters: abater, aerate, ambari, ambeer, amebae, amebic, amerce, amrita, amtrac, arabic, baiter, barite, barmie, beater, became, bemata, bemire, berate, berime, betime, bireme, camber, cambia, camera, carate, caribe, cerate, cerite, cermet, crambe, create, ecarte, emetic, imaret, metier, metric, raceme, ramate, rebait, rebate, recite, reemit, remate, reteam, retime, tamari, tambac, tarmac, terbia, terbic, tierce, timber, timbre.

-5 letters: abaci, abate, abeam, acari, acerb, aceta, aecia, aerie, aimer, amber, ambit, ameba, ameer, amice, areae, areca, areic, arete, armet, atria, baric, beret, berme, biter, brace, bract, bream, caber, carat, caret, carte, cater, ceiba, ceria, citer, crate, cream, creme, crime, eater, embar, ember, erect, erica, irate, macer, maria, mater, mbira, merit, meter, metre, micra, miter, mitre, rabat, rabic, ramee, ramet, ramie, react, reata, rebec, recta, recti, remet, remit, retem, retia, retie, riata, taber, tamer, terai, terce, tiara, timer, trace, triac, tribe, trice.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-b-c-e-e-i-m-r-t"
 

+1 letter: bacteremias.

 

+2 letters: cabinetmaker.

 

+3 letters: cabinetmakers.

 

+4 letters: sabermetrician.

 

+5 letters: archaebacterium, sabermetricians.

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Alternative Orthography: Bacteremia


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

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Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

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HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

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British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Quotations: Non-fiction
5. Expressions
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Translations: Modern
8. Derivations
9. Anagrams
10. Orthography
11. Bibliography


  

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