sepsis

FREQ #35111

n. 脓毒病 [化] 败血症

发音

其它 /ˈsɛpsɪs/

词形变化

sepses 复数 sepses

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed, causing injury to its own tissues and organs as a response to infection.

    败血症

    可数 不可数 医学

    Imagine the sepsis of helpless loathing [Jimmy Connors] must have inspired in his opponents during his "great runs" at the US Open.

词汇关系

词源

coined by Hippocrates From Ancient Greek σῆψις (sêpsis, “putrefaction”), from σήπειν (sḗpein, “to make rotten”), from σήψ (sḗps, “a kind of lizard; also a kind of serpent whose bite was alleged to cause putrefaction”).

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