how to pronounce sepsis

/ˈsɛpsɪs/

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sepsis is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of sepsis in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… death in hospitals is sepsis but it's …”

meanings of sepsis

noun:

A serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed, causing injury to its own tissues and organs as a response to infection.

sepsis frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word sepsis occurs in english on average 0.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.