invasion of the bloodstream by virulent microorganisms from a focus of infection
the act of giving poison to a person or animal with the intent to kill
the physiological state produced by a poison or other toxic substance
the fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped through the body by the heart and contains plasma, blood cells, and platelets
temperament or disposition
a dissolute man in fashionable society
smear with blood, as in a hunting initiation rite, where the face of a person is smeared with the blood of the kill
