sepsis
Noun
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The presence of pus-forming bacteria or their toxins in the blood or tissues (synset 114204330)
is a type of: infection - the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganismssubtypes:
- blood poisoning, septicaemia, septicemia - invasion of the bloodstream by virulent microorganisms from a focus of infection
- sapraemia, sapremia - blood poisoning caused by putrefactive bacteria; results from eating putrefied matter
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