Sepsis or infection occurring outside the body or in external tissues; infection of external wounds or surfaces.
From exo- 'outside' + sepsis (from Greek sēpsis 'rotting, putrefaction'). This medical term combines the Greek prefix and root meaning 'external rotting' or 'external infection.'
Modern medicine has largely replaced specialized terms like 'exosepsis' with simpler descriptions like 'wound infection' or 'external infection,' showing how medical language simplifies over time as treatments improve.
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