Synonyms for sepsis
ˈsɛp sɪssep·sis

Princeton's WordNet

1. sepsisnoun

   the presence of pus-forming bacteria or their toxins in the blood or tissues

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1. • Infection

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1. List of paraphrases for "sepsis":

   septicemia, septicaemia, bacteremia

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How to use sepsis in a sentence?

1. David Thomas:

   There were a number of missed opportunities or ‘ red flags ’ which were not acted upon until it was too late, if diagnosed early enough, sepsis is easily treated with antibiotics but despite recent awareness campaigns, mistakes such as this are still happening. It’s tragic. ’’ The National Health Service( NHS) has reportedly apologized for missing the warning signs and acknowledged that Malec's amputations could’ve been avoided. ( SWNS) The National Health Service( NHS) reportedly has apologized for missing the warning signs, and acknowledged that Malec’s amputations could’ve been avoided.

2. Damion Corrigan:

   It's not just saving lives, a lot of people who survive sepsis suffer life changing effects, including limb loss, kidney failure and post-traumatic stress disorder, the test could stop a lot of suffering.

3. British Prime Minister David Cameron:

   In too many cases antibiotics have stopped working. That means people are dying of simple infections or conditions like TB (tuberculosis), tetanus, sepsis, infections that should not mean a death sentence, if we do nothing about this there will be a cumulative hit to the world economy of $100 trillion and it is potentially the end of modern medicine as we know it.

4. Mike Super:

   The current standard of therapy is to give antibiotics and fluids. But what we are talking about here is treatment for sepsis and that is what is missing.

5. Segundo Barrio:

   She had all the signs and symptoms of early sepsis.