Word: sepsis
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: sep
sis
Definition: A serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed, causing injury to its own tissues and organs as a response to infection.
Morphemes:
Affix: sepsis
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed, causing injury to its own tissues and organs as a response to infection.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: σήπω
Language: grc
Decoded: sepo
Meaning: to make rotten
Affix: -σῐς
Language: grc
Decoded: -sis
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Added to verb stems to form abstract nouns or nouns of action, result or process