Septic

Quick meaning: Septic is an adjective meaning Of or pertaining to sepsis.

Meaning

Of or pertaining to sepsis.

More Meanings

1. Causing sepsis or putrefaction.
2. Of or pertaining to sewage or the disposal of sewage.
3. A substance that causes sepsis or putrefaction.
4. (medicine, dated) A person who has sepsis.
5. A septic tank; a system for the disposal of sewage into a septic tank, a septic system.
6. (mathematics) A mathematical object (function, curve, surface, etc.) of degree seven.
7. (mathematics) Of the seventh degree or order.

Example Sentences

a septic system

Typical septic. Can't understand why the rest of the world thinks he's a fuck-knuckle.

Acid-base balance data revealed moderately abnormal metabolic balance for both septics and nonseptics (in either direction) with normal respiratory balance or mild alkalosis.

Enriques states that it is possible to construct a family of septics with a singular curve of degree 7 and genus 4 having a triple point that degenerates to the above configuration[…].

Word Forms

• septick
• septics

Synonyms for septic

Depending on context, synonyms include dirty, pussy, putrid, purulent, contaminated, infectious.

Antonyms for septic

Common opposites include antiseptic.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include septicemic, infective, infected, infectious, purulent, abscessed.

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