| ADJECTIVE | all | septic, infected | containing or resulting from disease-causing organisms |
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| pert | septic | of or relating to or caused by putrefaction |
| Sounds | seh'ptihk | |
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| Rhymes | academic ... Zurich: 733 rhymes with ihk... | |
| Meaning | Containing or resulting from disease-causing organisms. | |
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| Synonym | infected | |
| 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 | |
| Nouns | sepsis | the presence of pus-forming bacteria or their toxins in the blood or tissues |
| Meaning | Of or relating to or caused by putrefaction. | |
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| Example | "the septic action occurs at the bottom of the septic tank" | |
| Spanish | séptico | |
| Catalan | sèptic | |
| Nouns | decomposition | (biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action |
| sepsis | the presence of pus-forming bacteria or their toxins in the blood or tissues | |
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