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Definition of Septic

1. Adjective. Containing or resulting from disease-causing organisms. "Septic sewage"

2. Adjective. Of or relating to or caused by putrefaction. "The septic action occurs at the bottom of the septic tank"

Definition of Septic

1. a. Of the seventh degree or order.

2. a. Having power to promote putrefaction.

3. n. A substance that promotes putrefaction.

Definition of Septic

1. an agent producing sepsis [n -S] : SEPTICAL [adj]

Medical Definition of Septic

1. Pproduced by or due to decomposition by microorganisms, putrefactive. Origin: Gr. Septikos This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Septic

septenary septenate septendecillion septennial septennially septentrio septentrion septentrional septentrions septet

septets septette septettes septfoil septic (current term) septic (current term) septicaemia septicaemia septicaemia pluriformis septicaemic

septicaemic abscess septicaemic plague septical septicemia septicemia septicemias septicemic septicemic plague septicidal septicidal

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