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septic

[sep-tik] / ˈsɛp tɪk /
















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I went into septic shock and spent over a month in a medically induced coma.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

She then suffered complications, contracted multiple infections and went into septic shock.

From BBC • May 1, 2026

Georgia, where Amber Thurman died after doctors did not try to empty her septic uterus for 20 hours, has not revisited its ban or disciplined key doctors involved.

From Salon • Apr. 20, 2026

Less than 24 hours later, Izabela died of septic shock.

From Barron's • Mar. 3, 2026

And there was considerable pain while the wound healed under the unusually septic conditions in the hospitals of that day.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck




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