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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A condition of physiologic shock caused by an overwhelming infection, especially sepsis or septicemia.
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- noun pathology a
life -threatening condition caused byinfection andsepsis , often aftersurgery ortrauma
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