| NOUN | state | sepsis | the presence of pus-forming bacteria or their toxins in the blood or tissues |
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| Sounds | seh'psihs | |
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| Rhymes | abyss ... worthiness: 194 rhymes with ihs... | |
| Meaning | The presence of pus-forming bacteria or their toxins in the blood or tissues. | |
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| Narrower | blood poisoning, septicemia, septicaemia | invasion of the bloodstream by virulent microorganisms from a focus of infection |
| sapremia, sapraemia | blood poisoning caused by putrefactive bacteria | |
| Broader | infection | The pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms |
| Spanish | sepsis, septicemia | |
| Catalan | sepsia, sèpsia | |
| Adjectives | septic | containing or resulting from disease-causing organisms |
| septic | of or relating to or caused by putrefaction | |
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