• Diseases of heart (heart disease)
• Malignant neoplasms (cancer)
• Cerebrovascular diseases (stroke)
• Chronic lower respiratory diseases (CLRD)
• Accidents (unintentional injuries)
• Diabetes mellitus (diabetes)
• Influenza and pneumonia
• Alzheimer’s disease
• Nephritis, nephritic syndrome and nephrosis (kidney disease)
• Septimicia

I came across this while doing some work-related internet research. My question is, what is septimicia? I googled it, and the search results mostly consisted of people citing this exact list from the CDC. There's nothing on Google Scholar, so I'm thinking whatever it is, medical science never, ever calls it by the name "septimicia". Is it that thing you get when your appendix explodes, spreading infection throughout your abdominal cavity? That is my guess. Anyone who can help out with some real facts, please comment.

Another possibility, it's a word for when a boisterous Italian dude wants to describe something as septic, but in a good way: "Eh! That's septimicia!" (Kisses tips of fingers in a gesture of approval)

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# posted by  Unknown : 7:54 AM  

Let's try that again..

Septicemia...there we go. That's how it's spelled.

Check me out, I'm septicemia!
# posted by  Unknown : 7:57 AM  

Another interesting fact: 20% of deaths of pregnant women are due to murder, usually by the father of the baby. Thanks for not killing me, sweetheart!
# posted by  klake : 8:32 AM  

Septicemia = disseminated bacterial infection in the body, spread by the blood and present in the blood ( -emia = related to/ in the blood)
# posted by  Unknown : 8:46 AM  

I wnat to trust the guvmint, but they are not vry god at speeling. o well i guess this list is still usful even tho they dint speel it rite LOL!
# posted by  clake : 12:40 PM