sepsis

Significat (Anglès)

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

Conceptes

sepsia

septicèmia

sèpsia

Sinònims

septicemia

septicaemia

putrefaction

putridity

toxaemia

toxemia

sapraemia

blood poisoning

sapremia

decay

Traduccions

sepsi

septicémie

sepsis

Sepsis

sepsis

septicemia

sepse

septisemi

Blutvergiftung

σήψη

sepsis

septicemia

sépsis

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈsɛpsɪs/

Etimologia (Anglès)

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”).