sepsis
/ˈsɛpsɪs/
sepsis noun: a serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed, causing injury to its own tissues and organs as a response to infection.
Noun
sepsis (countable and uncountable, plural sepses)
- A serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed, causing injury to its own tissues and organs as a response to infection.
- Imagine the sepsis of helpless loathing [Jimmy Connors] must have inspired in his opponents during his "great runs" at the US Open.1994, Martin Amis, New Yorker, reprinted in The Rub of Time (NY: Knopf, 2017), pp. 213-14
- Los Angeles-based actor’s boyfriend said she died from meningitis and blood infection which in turn led to sepsis[.]2026 June 17, Maya Yang, “Daveigh Chase, child star known for Lilo & Stitch and The Ring, dies aged 35”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
sepsis meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
sepsis in Hindi
- सेप्सिस
sepsis in Tamil
- இரத்த நச்சுப்பாடு, குருதி, அழுகல், அழுகுதல், குருதியில் நுண்ணுயிர் நச்சேற்றம், சீழ் ஏற்றம்
sepsis in Marathi
- सेप्सिस, सेप्सीस
sepsis in Urdu
- سیپسس, سیپسیس, سیپساس
More languagesFewer languages
- sepsis in Bengali
- সেপসিস, সেপ্সিস
- sepsis in Telugu
- సెప్సిస్, సేప్సిస్
- sepsis in Malayalam
- സെപ്സിസ്, സെപ്സിസിസ്
- sepsis in Kannada
- ಗಾಯಕೊಳೆತ
- sepsis in Punjabi
- ਸੇਪਸਿਸ, ਸੈਪਸਿਸ
- sepsis in Gujarati
- સેપ્સિસ, સેપ્સીસ
- sepsis in Odia
- ସେପ୍ସିସ୍, ସେପ୍ସିସ, ସେପ୍ସିଜ୍
- sepsis in Nepali
- सेप्सिस, सेपसिस
- sepsis in Arabic
- تَلَوُّث اَلْدَم talawwuṯ al-dam
- sepsis in Indonesian
- sepsis
- sepsis in Thai
- ภาวะพิษเหตุติดเชื้อ paa-wá-pít-hèet-dtìt-chʉ́ʉa
Forms of sepsis
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Origin of sepsis
From Ancient Greek σῆψις (sêpsis, “putrefaction”), from σήπω (sḗpō, “to make rotten”), from σήψ (sḗps, “a kind of lizard; also a kind of serpent whose bite was alleged to cause putrefaction”).
Words formed from sepsis
Questions about sepsis
- What does sepsis mean?
- Sepsis means a serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed, causing injury to its own tissues and organs as a response to infection.
- What is sepsis in Hindi?
- Sepsis in Hindi is सेप्सिस. See Sepsis meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is sepsis?
- Sepsis is a noun.
- How do you pronounce sepsis?
- Sepsis is pronounced /ˈsɛpsɪs/.
- What is the plural of sepsis?
- The plural of sepsis is sepses.
Words near sepsis in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: sepsis (page history and authors); sepsis (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sepsis (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sepsis (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sepsis (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sepsis (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sepsis (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sepsis (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sepsis (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sepsis (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sepsis (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sepsis (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sepsis (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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