English

haematosepsis

From haemato- + sepsis.

Ancient Greek αἷμα ‘blood’

Ancient Greek σήψ ‘a kind of lizard’

Ancient Greek σήπω ‘to make rotten’

Ancient Greek σῆψις ‘putrefaction’

Today it means

noun A septic infection of the bloodstream

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / haematosepsis