"putrefaction, decomposition, rot," 1876, from Modern Latin sepsis, from Greek sēpsis "putrefaction," from sēpein "to rot," a word of unknown origin, possibly Pre-Greek.
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antisepsis n.
"exclusion of micro-organisms which produce disease, etc., from places where they may thrive," 1875; see anti- "against" + sepsis "putrefaction."
asepsis n.
"absence of micro-organisms causing putrefaction or fermentation," 1855, from a- (3) "not" + sepsis.