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Sepsis is usually caused by bacteria, but it can also be caused by viruses and fungi.sepsis = blood poisoning or poisoning of other tissues by microorganisms or their toxins
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I'd probably killed myself with sepsis because of some stupid childhood ritual that didn't even prove what I wanted it to prove, because what I wanted to know was unknowable, because there was no way to be sure about anything.† (source)
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I hang suspended, until a septic truth bleeds toward clarity.† (source)septic = related to blood poisoning or poisoning of other tissues by microorganisms or their toxins
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The toilet wasn't hooked up to any sewer or septic system.† (source)
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The rolling hills, once perfect lakes of snow, were dotted with mangled trucks and rusted septic tanks.† (source)
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"How else should I be doing," Malcolm said, "with a compound fracture of the leg that is likely septic and beginning to smell rather, ah, pungent?† (source)
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"This stuff looks pretty septic," said Father in the ironic tone I'd come to recognize as his voice of disguised anger.† (source)septic = related to blood poisoning or poisoning of other tissues by microorganisms or their toxins
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The immediate cause of death may be eclampsia, hemorrhage, malaria, abortion complications, obstructed labor or sepsis.† (source)sepsis = blood poisoning or poisoning of other tissues by microorganisms or their toxins
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Antisepsis?† (source)Antisepsis = working against blood poisoningstandard prefix: The prefix "anti-" in antisepsis means against or opposite. This is the same pattern you see in words like antiviral, antiaircraft, and antisocial.
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I doubted whether they would tear up the ground to investigate the septic system.† (source)septic = related to blood poisoning or poisoning of other tissues by microorganisms or their toxins
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By the way, on the subject of sepsis I see what you mean.† (source)sepsis = blood poisoning or poisoning of other tissues by microorganisms or their toxins
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Making do with the crudest of antisepsis, with one scalpel stroke he exposed the greater saphenous vein where it ran just inside Sister Anjali's ankle.† (source)antisepsis = working against blood poisoning
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The island has its own septic system, which is a subject often discussed by the hordes of Keelings and Gibsons and Ormsbys who empty themselves into it—and who are fearful of the system's eventual rebellion.† (source)septic = related to blood poisoning or poisoning of other tissues by microorganisms or their toxins
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Miraculously, it appeared as though he had come through surgery in an unsterile environment with no sepsis.† (source)sepsis = blood poisoning or poisoning of other tissues by microorganisms or their toxins
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She'd always loved the story of Pasteur's discovery of microbes, or Lister's experiments with antisepsis.† (source)antisepsis = working against blood poisoning
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He'll stay with us—on us—until we shower that night, washing what's left of Tank into the drains connected to the pipes connected to the septic tanks, where he will mix with our excrement before leaching into the ground.† (source)septic = related to blood poisoning or poisoning of other tissues by microorganisms or their toxins
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