sepsis
English edit
Etymology edit
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”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sepsis (countable and uncountable, plural sepses)
- (pathology) A serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed, causing injury to its own tissues and organs as a response to infection.
- 1994, Martin Amis, New Yorker, reprinted in The Rub of Time (NY: Knopf, 2017), pp. 213-14:
- 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:
Related terms edit
Translations edit
serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed
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Further reading edit
- “sepsis”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “sepsis”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “sepsis”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams edit
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin sepsis.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sepsis
Declension edit
Inflection of sepsis (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | sepsis | sepsikset | ||
genitive | sepsiksen | sepsisten sepsiksien | ||
partitive | sepsistä | sepsiksiä | ||
illative | sepsikseen | sepsiksiin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | sepsis | sepsikset | ||
accusative | nom. | sepsis | sepsikset | |
gen. | sepsiksen | |||
genitive | sepsiksen | sepsisten sepsiksien | ||
partitive | sepsistä | sepsiksiä | ||
inessive | sepsiksessä | sepsiksissä | ||
elative | sepsiksestä | sepsiksistä | ||
illative | sepsikseen | sepsiksiin | ||
adessive | sepsiksellä | sepsiksillä | ||
ablative | sepsikseltä | sepsiksiltä | ||
allative | sepsikselle | sepsiksille | ||
essive | sepsiksenä | sepsiksinä | ||
translative | sepsikseksi | sepsiksiksi | ||
abessive | sepsiksettä | sepsiksittä | ||
instructive | — | sepsiksin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms edit
compounds
Further reading edit
- “sepsis”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek σῆψις (sêpsis).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sepsis f (plural sepsis)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “sepsis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish edit
Noun edit
sepsis c
- (pathology) sepsis
- Synonym: blodförgiftning
Declension edit
Declension of sepsis | ||||
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Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | sepsis | sepsisen | — | — |
Genitive | sepsis | sepsisens | — | — |