sepsis
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 8
- Words With Friends
- 9
- Letters
- 6
Definition of sepsis
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(countable, uncountable)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.”
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Etymology
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”).
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