sepsis
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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]
- IPA(key): /ˈsɛpsɪs/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
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 | — | — |
References[edit]
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- en:Pathology
- Finnish terms borrowed from Latin
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- Rhymes:Finnish/epsis
- Rhymes:Finnish/epsis/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish vastaus-type nominals
- Spanish terms borrowed from Ancient Greek
- Spanish terms derived from Ancient Greek
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- Rhymes:Spanish/ebsis
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- Spanish lemmas
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- es:Pathology
- Swedish lemmas
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- sv:Pathology