sepsis
A serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed, causing injury to its…A serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed, causing injury to its own tissues and organs as a response to infection.
» Tom may have sepsis.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)A serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed, causing injury to its own tissues and organs as a response to infection.
Sepsis, Blutvergiftung, Septikämie
се́псисsɛ́psis, зараже́ние кро́виzaražénije króvi, о́бщее зараже́ниеóbščeje zaražénije
- the presence of pus-forming bacteria or their toxins in the blood or tissues
Examples
3 sentencesTom may have sepsis.
Yanni died of sepsis.
She contracted a bacterial infection called Clostridium difficile which turned into sepsis.
Translations
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Origin
From Ancient Greek σῆψις (sêpsis, “putrefaction”), from σήπω (sḗpō, “to make rotten”), froFrom Ancient Greek σῆψις (sêpsis, “putrefaction”), from σήπω (sḗpō, “to make rotten”), from σήψ (sḗps, “a kind of lizard; also a kind of serpent whose bite was alleged to cause putrefaction”).
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Forms
plural: sepsesWord family
10 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable