sepsis

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”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛpsɪs/

sepsis (countable and uncountable, plural sepses)

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

• antiseptic
• asepsis
• aseptic
• septic
• septicemia
• septicity

• sepsis in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• sepsis in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• sepsis at OneLook Dictionary Search

• pisses, speiss

• IPA^(key): /ˈsepsis/, [ˈs̠e̞ps̠is̠]
• Hyphenation: sep‧sis

sepsis

1. sepsis

From Ancient Greek σῆψις (sêpsis).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsebsis/, [ˈseβsis]

sepsis f (plural sepsis)

1. (pathology) sepsis

• septicemia
• séptico

• “sepsis” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.