sepsi

From Ancient Greek σῆψις (sêpsis, “putrefaction”), from σήπειν (sḗpein, “to make rotten”), from σήψ (sḗps, “a kind of lizard, also a kind of serpent whose bite was alleged to cause putrefaction”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.psi/
• Rhymes: -ɛpsi
• Hyphenation: sè‧psi

sepsi f (invariable)

1. (pathology) sepsis

• settico

• -pessi, spesi

sēpsī

1. first-person singular perfect active indicative of sēpiō