Septicaemia is a serious condition: infection has left one place in the body and is travelling through the blood. Bacteria, or the poisons they make, are in the bloodstream. Everyday English often calls this blood poisoning.

Septicaemia is a serious condition敗血症是一種嚴重的病: infection has left one place in the body感染已經離開身體的某一處 and is travelling through the blood正透過血液擴散。Bacteria, or the poisons they make細菌，或它們製造的毒素 are in the bloodstream存在於血液裡。Everyday English often calls this blood poisoning日常英文常常把這個叫做blood poisoning（血液中毒）。

The British spelling keeps ae in the middle (septicaemia); American English writes septicemia.

The British spelling keeps ae in the middle (septicaemia)英式拼法中間保留ae（septicaemia）; American English writes septicemia美式英文寫成septicemia。

It is a hospital word. On the news you will also hear sepsis. Doctors today often use sepsis as the big name for the dangerous whole-body reaction, and septicaemia for infection in the blood; ordinary readers, and many headlines, treat them as the same frightening thing.

It is a hospital word這是醫院裡用的字。On the news you will also hear sepsis在新聞上你也會聽到sepsis這個字。Doctors today often use sepsis as the big name for the dangerous whole-body reaction現在醫生常用sepsis指那種危險的全身性反應這個大類, and septicaemia for infection in the blood用septicaemia指血液裡的感染; ordinary readers, and many headlines, treat them as the same frightening thing一般讀者和很多新聞標題則把兩者當成同一件可怕的事。

You do not use this word for a mild cold, or for a small infected cut that stays in one spot.

You do not use this word for a mild cold這個字不會用來說輕微的感冒, or for a small infected cut that stays in one spot也不會用來說只停留在一處的小感染傷口。