sepsis
IPA: sˈɛpsɪs
noun
- (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.
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Examples of "sepsis" in Sentences
- The girl died of sepsis.
- Sepsis is a syndrome as defined in the article.
- Dying from sepsis is rarer in the young but does happen.
- A chorioamnionitis also may lead to sepsis of the mother.
- Sepsis is differentiated from SIRS by the presence of a known pathogen.
- The symptoms of such infections are generalised inflammation and sepsis.
- Fracture of the phalanx or chronic sepsis is accompanied with severe pain.
- He contracted pneumonia and sepsis and slipped into a coma by the next day.
- He contracted pneumonia and sepsis, and slipped into a coma by the next day.
- Nebacumab is a human monoclonal antibody developed for the treatment of sepsis.