| ADJECTIVE | all | infected, septic | containing or resulting from disease-causing organisms |
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| Sounds | ihnfeh'ktahd; ihnfeh'ktihd | |
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| Rhymes | abbreviated ... wounded: 365 rhymes with ahd... | |
| abbreviated ... wrongheaded: 610 rhymes with ihd... | ||
| Meaning | Containing or resulting from disease-causing organisms. | |
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| Synonym | septic | |
| Narrower | abscessed | infected and filled with pus |
| contaminative | Making impure by contact or mixing | |
| dirty, pestiferous | contaminated with infecting organisms | |
| infectious, infective | Caused by infection or capable of causing infection | |
| purulent, pussy | Containing pus | |
| putrefactive, putrefacient | Causing or promoting bacterial putrefaction | |
| septicemic | characteristic of septicemia | |
| See also | germy | Full of germs or pathological microorganisms |
| unhealthful | detrimental to good health | |
| Opposite | antiseptic | Thoroughly clean and free of or destructive to disease-causing organisms |
| Spanish | infeccioso, infectado, séptico | |
| Catalan | infecciós, sèptic | |
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