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 |
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sapremia, sapraemia | blood poisoning caused by putrefactive bacteria |
Broader | infection | The pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms |
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Spanish | sepsis, septicemia |
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Catalan | sepsia, sèpsia |
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Adjectives | septic | containing or resulting from disease-causing organisms |
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septic | of or relating to or caused by putrefaction |