portal pyaemia ptl pa imi noun an infection of the portal vein in the liver giving abscesses portal system ...
Pyaemia (Gr. rbov, pus, aiya, blood), which got its name from an erroneous idea that the pus passed into the blood, is now understood to mean an acute disease with the formation of metastatic abscesses.
An obsolete term used when suppuration was considered unlikely to lead to pyaemia (blood poisoning) but more likely to remain localized. [CancerWEB] Lax A looseness; diarrhea. [Webster] ...
The pia and arachnoid outer coverings of the brain are inflamed in all forms of meningitis, and acute symptoms are consequent to viraemia, (virus in the blood) pyaemia (bacteria in the blood) septicaemia, and the effects of inflammation in the brain.
See also: Symptom, Kidney, Stomach, Fever, Poisoning
 
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