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SEPTIC INFECTION

\sˈɛptɪk ɪnfˈɛkʃən], \sˈɛptɪk ɪnfˈɛkʃən], \s_ˈɛ_p_t_ɪ_k ɪ_n_f_ˈɛ_k_ʃ_ə_n]\

Definitions of SEPTIC INFECTION

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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The invasion of a wound by septic germs such as interfere with the normal progress of healing, or induce suppuration. It may or may not be followed by septicemia.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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