Sepsin

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sepsin \Sep"sin\, n. [Gr. ??? putrefaction.] (Physiol. Chem.)
     A soluble poison (ptomaine) present in putrid blood. It is
     also formed in the putrefaction of proteid matter in general.
     [1913 Webster]