sepsis

Signification (Anglais)

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

Concepts

septicémie

sepsis

empoisonnement du sang

Synonymes

septicemia

septicaemia

putrefaction

putridity

toxaemia

toxemia

sapraemia

blood poisoning

sapremia

decay

Traductions

sepsi

sepsis

Sepsis

sepse

septicemia

septisemi

Blutvergiftung

σήψη

sepsis

septicemia

sépsis

sepsia

septicemia

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈsɛpsɪs/

Étymologie (Anglais)

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”).