sepsis

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

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

Έννοιες

σήψη

σηψαιμία

Συνώνυμα

septicemia

septicaemia

putrefaction

putridity

toxaemia

toxemia

sapraemia

blood poisoning

sapremia

decay

Μεταφράσεις

sepsi

sepsis

septicémie

sepsis

Sepsis

septicemia

sepse

Blutvergiftung

septisemi

sepsis

sépsis

septicemia

septikemie

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/ˈsɛpsɪs/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

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”).