Septicaemia

[Sarah]

A poisoned condition of the blood produced by the absorptioninto it of septic or putrescent material; blood poisoning. It ismarked by chills, fever, prostration, and inflammation of thedifferent serous membranes and of the lungs, kidneys, and otherorgans.

[Dorothey Allen]

a serious illness in which an infection spreads through the blood