Usually means: Life-threatening, severe infection response.
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  1. septic shock: Merriam-Webster
  2. septic shock: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. septic shock: Wiktionary
  4. septic shock: Dictionary.com
  5. Septic shock: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. septic shock: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. septic shock: Legal dictionary

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  1. septic shock: Encyclopedia

Medicine (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. septic shock: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Shock, septic: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Septic shock: Merck Manuals
  6. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  7. Specific Diseases/Disorders (No longer online)
  8. Septic shock: MEDLINE plus Illustrated Medical Encyclopedia
  9. Shock, septic, septic shock: Medical dictionary
  10. University of Maryland Glossary of Medical Terms (No longer online)
  11. Shock, septic: Drug Medical Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (septic shock)

▸ noun:  (pathology) A life-threatening condition caused by infection and sepsis, often after surgery or trauma.

Similar:
sepsis, septicemia, septic, blood poisoning, septicaemia, toxic shock syndrome, septicæmia, septicopyemia, haematosepsis, asepsis, more...

Opposite:
sepsis, septicemia, septicemishock

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Similar:
sepsis, septicemia, septic, blood poisoning, septicaemia, toxic shock syndrome, septicæmia, septicopyemia, haematosepsis, asepsis, more...

Opposite:
sepsis, septicemia, septicemishock



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