败血症

敗血症

bàixuèzhèng

noun #22,592

Meanings

Tā yīn gǎnrǎn yǐnfā bàixuèzhèng, bèi jǐnjí sòng yī.

He developed sepsis from an infection and was rushed to hospital.

Bàixuèzhèng shì yī zhǒng wēijí shēngmìng de jí zhèng.

Sepsis is a life-threatening medical emergency.

memory

败 (defeat/corruption) + 血 (blood) + 症 (condition) = the blood has been defeated/corrupted — a vivid way to remember this is blood poisoning.

败 bài

血 xuè

症 zhèng