A medical condition involving the presence of fecal matter in the blood, a serious complication of severe constipation or intestinal obstruction.
From copro- (relating to feces, from Greek kopros meaning 'dung') plus -aemia (blood condition, from Greek aima meaning 'blood'), a modern medical term coined to describe a pathological state.
Copraemia is a rare but dangerous condition—the medical term tells you exactly what's happening (fecal contamination in blood) by combining Greek word parts, which is why doctors can understand medical terms in any language!
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