sepsis

Betekenis (Engels)

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

Concepten

sepsis

bloedvergiftiging

septikemie

Synoniemen

septicemia

septicaemia

putrefaction

putridity

toxaemia

toxemia

sapraemia

blood poisoning

sapremia

decay

Vertalingen

sepsi

septicémie

sepsis

sepsis

Sepsis

septicemia

sepse

σήψη

septisemi

Blutvergiftung

sépsis

septicemia

setticemia

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈsɛpsɪs/

Etymologie (Engels)

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”).