noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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/ˈsɛpsɪs/
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noun
Meaning 1
A serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed, causing injury to its own tissues and organs as a response to infection.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 2
the presence of pus-forming bacteria or their toxins in the blood or tissues
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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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”).
Across languages
Translations
43 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
تَلَوُّث اَلْدَم
(talawwuṯ al-dam)
— serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed
Basque:
septizemia
— serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed
Catalan:
sèpsia
— serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed
Chinese Mandarin:
敗血症 /败血症
(bàixiězhèng)
— serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed
Czech:
sepse
— serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed
Czech:
otrava krve
— serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed
Danish:
sepsis
— serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed
Danish:
blodforgiftning
— serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed
Dutch:
sepsis
— serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed
Esperanto:
sepso
— serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed
Esperanto:
sangoveneniĝo
— serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed
Finnish:
verenmyrkytys
— serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed
Finnish:
sepsis
— serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed
French:
sepsis
— serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed
German:
Sepsis
— serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed
German:
Blutvergiftung
— serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed
German:
Septikämie
— serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed
Greek:
σήψη
(sípsi)
— serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed
Hebrew:
אלח דם
— serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed
Hungarian:
szepszis
— serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed
Hungarian:
vérmérgezés
— serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed
Icelandic:
graftarsótt
— serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed
Icelandic:
(septicemia) blóðsýking
— serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed
Icelandic:
(septicemia) blóðeitrun
— serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed
Indonesian:
sepsis
— serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed
Italian:
sepsi
— serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed
Japanese:
敗血症
(haiketsushō)
— serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed
Kazakh:
сепсис
(sepsis)
— serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed
Korean:
패혈증
(paehyeoljeung)
— serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed
Polish:
sepsa
— serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed
Polish:
posocznica
— serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed
Portuguese:
sepse
— serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed
Portuguese:
sépsis
— serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed
Romanian:
sepsie
— serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed
Russian:
се́псис
(sɛ́psis)
— serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed
Russian:
зараже́ние кро́ви
(zaražénije króvi)
— serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed
Russian:
о́бщее зараже́ние
(óbščeje zaražénije)
— serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed
Slovak:
sepsa
— serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed
Spanish:
sepsis
— serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed
Swedish:
sepsis
— serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed
Swedish:
blodförgiftning
— serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed
Thai:
ภาวะพิษเหตุติดเชื้อ
(paa-wá-pít-hèet-dtìt-chʉ́ʉa)
— serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed
Turkish:
sepsis
— serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed