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sepsis

[sep-sis] / ˈsɛp sɪs /


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Some of the highest-paid amounts related to treatment of psychosis, schizophrenia and sepsis.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

Another, of a 63-year-old man who collapsed in November 2025, showed that he died from untreated sepsis, which the report said likely developed following poorly controlled diabetes, malnutrition and overall frailty.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

To stop the sepsis spreading through her body, surgeons removed large areas of dead tissue from her left buttock.

From BBC Jul. 5, 2026

Doctors discovered he had sepsis, and a month later he needed a double amputation.

From BBC Jun. 30, 2026

They call it "sepsis," and they know from bitter experience how quickly a "septic" wound can go from slight redness to gross swelling to a fatal condition called gangrene.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman




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