sepsi-, sep-, septi-, septico-, septo-, -sepsis, -septic, -septicemia, -septicemic +

Purulent or septic retinitis resulting from the arrest of septic emboli in the retinal vessels; also, purulent retinitis.

The term emboli refers to material, usually a blood clot but it may be fat, a bone fragment, a nitrogen bubble or bullet; that travels through the circulation, eventually obstructing the blood flow through a smaller caliber vessel; for example, a stroke, a pulmonary embolism, or a central retinal artery occlusion.

1. A serious, abnormal condition that occurs when an overwhelming infection leads to low blood pressure and low blood flow. Vital organs, such as the brain, heart, kidneys, and liver may not function properly or may fail. Decreased urine output from kidney failure may be one symptom.
2. Septic shock occurs most often in the very old and the very young. Any bacterial organism can cause septic shock.

Fungi and (rarely) viruses may also cause this condition. Toxins released by the bacteria or fungus may cause direct tissue damage, and may lead to low blood pressure and poor organ function. These toxins also produce a vigorous inflammatory response from the body which contributes to septic shock.

Risk factors include: underlying illnesses, such as diabetes; hematologic cancers (lymphoma or leukemia) and other malignancies; and diseases of the genitourinary system, biliary system, or intestinal system. Other risk factors are recent infection, prolonged antibiotic therapy, and having had a recent surgical or medical procedure.

1. A large tank where solid matter or sewage is disintegrated by bacteria.
2. A sewage-disposal tank in which a continuous flow of waste material is decomposed by anaerobic bacteria.

1. Neuritis due to sepsis.
2. A generalized, diffuse neuritis of the entire nervous system due to the multiplication and migration of viruses in nervous tissue; for example, that which may occur with rabies.

Infection with pus in the bloodstream.

Infection of a wound; septicemia following a wound.

Typhoid during the phase when the organism can be cultured from the blood.

1. A syndrome characterized by fever, chills, hypotension, and occasionally an altered mental status, resulting from invasion from the urinary tract to the bloodstream by microorganisms or their products.
2. Systematic toxicity from from the decomposition of extravasated urine. Extravasated urine refers to the passing of body fluid, or urine, from its proper place after a vessel rupture.

Pertaining to or marked by urosepsis.