Meanings
plural septicemias · alternative septicaemia · alternative septicæmia
- countableuncountablemedicineA disease caused by the presence of pathogenic organisms, especially bacteria, or their toxins, in the bloodstream, characterized by chills and fever.
Synonyms: blood poisoning, septic fever
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA disease caused by the presence of pathogenic organisms, especially bacteria, or their toxins, in the bloodstream, characterized by chills and fever.
More synonyms by meaning
nouninvasion of the bloodstream by virulent microorganisms from a focus of infection
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinsēpticus
- New Latinsēpticaemia
- Englishsepticemia
Borrowed from New Latin sēpticaemia, from Latin sēpticus + -aemia.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian се́псис
- се́псис (sépsis)disease caused by pathogens in the blood
Catalan septicèmia, sèpsia
- septicèmiadisease caused by pathogens in the blood
- sèpsiadisease caused by pathogens in the blood
Chinese Mandarin 敗血病 /败血病, 敗血症 /败血症
- 敗血病 /败血病 (bàixuèbìng)disease caused by pathogens in the blood
- 敗血症 /败血症 (bàixuèzhèng)disease caused by pathogens in the blood
Czech sepse
- sepsedisease caused by pathogens in the blood
Danish sepsis
- sepsisdisease caused by pathogens in the blood
Dutch bloedvergiftiging
- bloedvergiftigingdisease caused by pathogens in the blood
Finnish verenmyrkytys, septikemia
- verenmyrkytysdisease caused by pathogens in the blood
- septikemiadisease caused by pathogens in the blood
French septicémie
- septicémiedisease caused by pathogens in the blood
German Blutvergiftung, Sepsis
- Blutvergiftungdisease caused by pathogens in the blood
- Sepsisdisease caused by pathogens in the blood
Greek σηψαιμία
- σηψαιμία (sipsaimía)disease caused by pathogens in the blood
Icelandic blóðeitrun, blóðsýking
- blóðeitrundisease caused by pathogens in the blood
- blóðsýkingdisease caused by pathogens in the blood
Italian setticemia
- setticemiadisease caused by pathogens in the blood
Māori mate ero, mate toto ero
- mate erodisease caused by pathogens in the blood
- mate toto erodisease caused by pathogens in the blood
Portuguese septicemia
- septicemiadisease caused by pathogens in the blood
Romanian septicemie
- septicemiedisease caused by pathogens in the blood
Russian септицеми́я, се́псис
- септицеми́я (sɛpticemíja)disease caused by pathogens in the blood
- се́псис (sɛ́psis)disease caused by pathogens in the blood
- зараже́ние кро́ви (zaražénije króvi)disease caused by pathogens in the blood
Slovak sepsa
- sepsadisease caused by pathogens in the blood
Spanish septicemia
- septicemiadisease caused by pathogens in the blood
Turkish septisemi
- septisemidisease caused by pathogens in the blood
Welsh gwenwyniad gwaed
- gwenwyniad gwaeddisease caused by pathogens in the blood
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Cite this entry
septicemia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/septicemia
“septicemia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/septicemia. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “septicemia,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/septicemia.
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