sepsis
14
7.0
- noun
- /ˈsɛp.sɪs/
- Specialized
:
sepsis
- We're starting you on another antibiotic, and we need to make sure that you're not developing sepsis.
- severe sepsis
- sepsis and shock
- neonatal sepsis
Most people that need constant attention and don't get it, they die from sepsis.
- Most people that need constant attention and don't get it, they die from sepsis.
- When we hear about women in emergency rooms being turned away and risking sepsis in the parking lot.
- And this can lead to something called sepsis, a kind of life threatening condition where you get your organs end up failing.
- And the sepsis cases are huge bills.
- Santorum was was suffering from sepsis and was pregnant.
- They were dying of anemia, bilharzia, malaria, sepsis and mainly pulmonary and respiratory disease, pneumonia.
Examples
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Despite aggressive medical therapy, she developed sepsis and died on post-operative day 6.
Academic text (2002) -
Despite advances in medicine, sepsis continues to account for an increasing number of deaths.
Academic text (2017) -
And keep an eye out for sepsis.
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A field surgery would carry a high risk of sepsis.
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And if you have sepsis or you're at risk for sepsis, so patients can get into sepsis very quickly.
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We are interested in looking for sepsis, inflammation caused by infection.
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One of the complications of sepsis is the rapid development of anemia caused by hemolysis.
Academic text (2017) -
Bacteriophages may be useful in the treatment of sepsis caused by antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections.
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Another device for removing bacterial toxins from blood, useful for treating sepsis, was patented 10 years ago.
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Without prompt treatment with antibiotics, sepsis can lead to multiple organ failure and death.
Synonyms
3
8.8
A serious infection when harmful germs enter the blood and spread through the body
2
3.6
A serious illness when germs get into the blood and make you very ill
How Severe
- Specialized
14
7.0
- Specialized
3
8.8
- Specialized
1
6.7
- Specialized
91
2.1
Surface Forms
Etymology
Sepsis comes from the Greek word sēpsis, which meant 'rotting' and comes from sēpein 'to rot'. You can see the same root in septic and antiseptic, so think of sepsis as a kind of internal 'rotting' caused by a serious infection, which is why it means a dangerous infection of the whole body.