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countable and uncountable, plural sepses
(pathology) A serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed, causing injury to its own tissues and organs as a response to infection. quotations
Imagine the sepsis of helpless loathing [Jimmy Connors] must have inspired in his opponents during his "great runs" at the US Open.
1994, Martin Amis, New Yorker, reprinted in The Rub of Time (NY: Knopf, 2017), pp. 213-14