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Definition of sepsis noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

sepsis

noun
 
/ˈsepsɪs/
 
/ˈsepsɪs/
[uncountable] (medical)
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  1. an infection of part of the body in which pus is produced
    Word Originlate 19th cent.: modern Latin, from Greek sēpsis, from sēpein ‘make rotten’.
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