sepsis.

A life-threatening response to infection in which the body’s reaction damages its own tissues or organs.

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Words that belong together

• develop sepsis
• signs of sepsis

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The doctors treated the infection urgently after she developed sepsis.

The report identified sepsis as the cause of the rapid deterioration.

Usage notes

Primary category: horror. Forms: Uncountable condition noun; no ordinary plural. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.