septicemic

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   characteristic of septicemia

   “a septicemic temperature curve”

   Similarseptic

Questions about septicemic

What does septicemic mean?

septicemic means "characteristic of septicemia".

How many syllables are in septicemic?

septicemic has 4 syllables and divides as sep-ti-ce-mic under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is septicemic a common word?

septicemic is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.