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sep·sis

[sep-sis] Pronunciation Key

–noun Pathology.

local or generalized invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms or their toxins: dental sepsis; wound sepsis.

[Origin: 1855–60; < Gk sêpsis decay; cf. spein to make rotten

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sep·sis (sěp'sĭs) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. sep·ses (-sēz)

The presence of pathogenic organisms or their toxins in the blood or tissues.
The poisoned condition resulting from the presence of pathogens or their toxins, as in septicemia.

[Greek sēpsis, putrefaction, from sēpein, to make rotten.]

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1876, from Mod.L. sepsis, from Gk. sepsis "putrefaction," from sepein "to rot," of unknown origin.

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sepsis
noun
the presence of pus-forming bacteria or their toxins in the blood or tissues

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sepsis (sěp'sĭs) Pronunciation Key

A severe infection caused by pathogenic organisms, especially bacteria, in the blood or tissues. If untreated, a localized infection, as in the respiratory or urinary tracts, can lead to infection in the bloodstream and widespread inflammation, characterized initially by fever, chills, and other symptoms and later by septic shock.

septic adjective

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sepsis sep·sis (sěp'sĭs)
n. pl. sep·ses (-sēz)

The presence of pathogenic organisms or their toxins in the blood or tissues.
The poisoned condition resulting from the presence of pathogens or their toxins.

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Sepsis

Sep"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ??? putrefaction.] (Med.) The poisoning of the system by the introduction of putrescent material into the blood.

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