Sepsis

//ˈsɛpsɪs//

Synonyms for "sepsis" (4 found)

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Noun(1 words)
septaemia

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Translations

43 translations across 29 languages.

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Arabic

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  • تَلَوُّث اَلْدَم noun (serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed)

Basque

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  • septizemia noun (serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed)

Catalan

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  • sèpsia noun (serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed)

Chinese Mandarin

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  • 敗血症 /败血症 noun (serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed)

Czech

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  • otrava krve noun (serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed)
  • sepse noun (serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed)

Danish

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  • blodforgiftning noun (serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed)
  • sepsis noun (serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed)

Dutch

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  • sepsis noun (serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed)

Esperanto

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  • sangoveneniĝo noun (serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed)
  • sepso noun (serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed)

Finnish

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  • sepsis noun (serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed)
  • verenmyrkytys noun (serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed)

French

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  • sepsis noun (serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed)

German

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  • Blutvergiftung noun (serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed)
  • Sepsis noun (serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed)
  • Septikämie noun (serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed)

Greek

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  • σήψη noun (serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed)

Hebrew

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  • אלח דם noun (serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed)

Hungarian

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  • szepszis noun (serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed)
  • vérmérgezés noun (serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed)

Icelandic

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  • (septicemia) blóðeitrun noun (serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed)
  • (septicemia) blóðsýking noun (serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed)
  • graftarsótt noun (serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed)

Indonesian

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  • sepsis noun (serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed)

Italian

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  • sepsi noun (serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed)

Japanese

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  • 敗血症 noun (serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed)

Kazakh

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  • сепсис noun (serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed)

Korean

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  • 패혈증 noun (serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed)

Polish

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  • posocznica noun (serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed)
  • sepsa noun (serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed)

Portuguese

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  • sepse noun (serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed)
  • sépsis noun (serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed)

Romanian

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  • sepsie noun (serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed)

Russian

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  • зараже́ние кро́ви noun (serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed)
  • о́бщее зараже́ние noun (serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed)
  • се́псис noun (serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed)

Slovak

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  • sepsa noun (serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed)

Spanish

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  • sepsis noun (serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed)

Swedish

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  • blodförgiftning noun (serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed)
  • sepsis noun (serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed)

Thai

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  • ภาวะพิษเหตุติดเชื้อ noun (serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed)

Turkish

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  • sepsis noun (serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed)

Sample sentences

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The term sepsis as now used in clinical surgery no longer retains its original meaning as synonymous with “putrefaction,” but is employed to denote all conditions in which bacterial infection has taken place, and more particularly those in which pyogenic bacteria are present.

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She contracted a bacterial infection called Clostridium difficile which turned into sepsis.

Source: tatoeba (8225910)

Yanni died of sepsis.

Source: tatoeba (8806834)

Tom may have sepsis.

Source: tatoeba (12105890)

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