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From New Latin sēpticaemia, from Ancient Greek σηπτικός (sēptikos, "septic") (from σήπειν (sēpein, "to putrefy")) + αἷμα (aima, "blood") + -ia (suffix forming abstract nouns); compare septæmia.
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