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viraemia

vi·rae·mia

uncommon

noun

1.

the presence of a virus in the blood stream

  • “viremia spread the smallpox virus to the internal organs”
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Origin

From Latin virus (“poison”), in conjunction with Ancient Greek αἷμα (“blood”).

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