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Topic: ILLNESS AND DISABILITY

Date: 1800-1900
Language: Modern Latin
Origin: Greek, 'decay', from sepein 'to decay'

sepsis

 noun
     
sep‧sis [uncountable] medical
MI an infection in part of the body, in which pus is produced
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