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Sepsis

//ˈsɛpsɪs// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed, causing injury to its own tissues and organs as a response to infection. countable, uncountable

    "Imagine the sepsis of helpless loathing [Jimmy Connors] must have inspired in his opponents during his "great runs" at the US Open."

  2. 2
    the presence of pus-forming bacteria or their toxins in the blood or tissues wordnet

Etymology

coined by Hippocrates From Ancient Greek σῆψις (sêpsis, “putrefaction”), from σήπειν (sḗpein, “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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