Definisjon av sepsis

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Noun

sepsis - the presence of pus-forming bacteria or their toxins in the blood or tissues
infection (international law) illegality that taints or contaminates a ship or cargo rendering it liable to seizure
blood poisoning, septicaemia, septicemia invasion of the bloodstream by virulent microorganisms from a focus of infection
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Substantiv

sepsis - A serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed, and a known or suspected infection is present.

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  • Sepsis is a serious medical condition that is characterized by a whole-body inflammatory state (called a systemic inflammatory response syndrome or SIRS) and the presence of a known or suspected infection. The body may develop this inflammatory response by the immune system to microbes in the blood, urine, lungs, skin, or other tissues. A lay term for sepsis is blood poisoning, more aptly applied to septicemia, below.

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  • sepsis
    Destruction of tissue by pathogenic micro-organisms or their toxins, especially through infection of a wound.

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  • Entall: sepsis
  • Flertall: sepses

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