different between sepsis vs septicemia

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (sêpsis, “putrefaction”), from ?????? (s?pein, “to make rotten”), from ??? (s?ps, “a kind of lizard; also a kind of serpent whose bite was alleged to cause putrefaction”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?ps?s/

Noun

sepsis (countable and uncountable, plural sepses)

1. (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.

Related terms

• antiseptic
• asepsis
• aseptic
• septic
• septicemia
• septicity

Translations

Further reading

• sepsis in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• sepsis in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• sepsis at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• pisses, speiss

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sepsis/, [?s?e?ps?is?]
• Rhymes: -epsis
• Syllabification: sep?sis

Noun

sepsis

1. sepsis

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (sêpsis).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sebsis/, [?se??.sis]

Noun

sepsis f (plural sepsis)

1. (pathology) sepsis

Related terms

• septicemia
• séptico

Further reading

• “sepsis” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Alternative forms

• septicaemia
• septicæmia

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin, from Latin s?pticus + New Latin -emia.

Noun

septicemia (countable and uncountable, plural septicemias)

1. (pathology) A disease caused by the presence of pathogenic organisms, especially bacteria, or their toxins, in the bloodstream, characterised by chills and fever.

Synonyms

• blood poisoning
• septic fever

Derived terms

• septicemic

Translations

See also

• sepsis
• bacteraemia
• pyemia

Anagrams

• episematic

Portuguese

Etymology

From séptico (“septic”) +? -emia.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?sep.t??i.se.?mi.?/

Noun

septicemia f (plural septicemias)

1. (pathology) septicemia (disease caused by pathogens in the bloodstream)

Derived terms

• septicémico

Spanish

Noun

septicemia f (plural septicemias)

1. septicemia