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单词 sepsis
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sepsisn.

Brit. /ˈsɛpsɪs/, U.S. /ˈsɛpsəs/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin sepsis.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin sepsis (1644 or earlier) < ancient Greek σῆψις putrefaction, decay < σήπειν to rot (see septic adj.1) + -σις -sis suffix. Compare earlier septic adj.1
1. A type of digestion said to occur in the stomach (perhaps involving supposed decomposition or putrefaction of food). Obsolete. rare.
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1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs 208 We might here not impertinently ampliate what we hinted before in our Tractick of simple waters, of the digestion, or chilifactive transmutation of the stomack, whether it be pepsis or sepsis, digestion by heat or other quality.
2. Originally: the process of putrefaction, esp. when (supposedly) occurring in the body of a person or animal (now historical). In later use: infection with bacteria or other pathogens, esp. when blood-borne or disseminated; spec. a life-threatening complication occurring in infections, resulting from imperfectly regulated immune responses and characterized by dysfunction of the cardiovascular and various other organ systems.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > suppuration > [noun] > sepsis
purulency1612
septicity1731
sepsis1813
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > corruption or putridness > [noun] > process of
rottingOE
corruption1377
rotc1384
putrefactiona1400
putrification1548
putriture1569
tainting1593
decay1594
putrescence1646
decomposition1777
sepsis1813
1813 J. M. Good et al. Pantologia (at cited word) Sepsis, putrefaction.
1848 Charleston Med. Jrnl. & Rev. 3 561 The degeneration to sepsis or putrid crasis.
1889 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 11 May 1050/1 The surgeon using this method simply makes matters worse, in that, while he does not destroy sepsis, he ministers directly to it by giving the micro-organisms pabulum on which to feed.
1919 H. M. W. Gray Early Treatm. War Wounds i. 7 The sepsis most to be feared in very early stages is caused by gas forming bacilli.
1954 H. W. Florey Lect. Gen. Pathol. v. 105 Many people have some dental sepsis and it is, at first, a startling thought that even biting hard sweets may force bacteria from an unhealthy tooth into the circulation.
1994 Sci. Amer. Oct. 133/1 Despite having better antibiotics and a firmer understanding of the syndrome, doctors estimate that sepsis kills 30 to 60 percent of those it strikes.
2020 Times 17 Jan. 4/1 Sepsis is the most deadly condition in the world and kills more people than cancer, scientists have said.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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