1.
[syn: septic, infected]
2. of or relating to or caused by putrefaction;
- Example: "the septic action occurs at the bottom of the septic tank"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Septic \Sep"tic\, a. [Septi- + -ic.] (Math.)
Of the seventh degree or order. -- n. (Alg.) A quantic of the
seventh degree.
[1913 Webster] Septic
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Septic \Sep"tic\, Septical \Sep"tic*al\, a. [L. septicus, Gr.
????, fr. ???? to make putrid: cf. F. septique.]
Having power to promote putrefaction.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Septic \Sep"tic\, n.
A substance that promotes putrefaction.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
septic
adj 1: containing or resulting from disease-causing organisms;
"a septic sore throat"; "a septic environment"; "septic
sewage" [syn: septic, infected] [ant: antiseptic]
2: of or relating to or caused by putrefaction; "the septic
action occurs at the bottom of the septic tank"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
41 Moby Thesaurus words for "septic":
bad, bad for, cankered, contaminated, diseased, foul, gangrened,
gangrenous, harmful, infected, injurious, insalubrious, insanitary,
morbid, morbific, mortified, noisome, noxious, pathogenic,
pathological, peccant, pestiferous, poisoned, polluted,
putrefacient, putrefactive, rotting, saprobic, saprogenic,
saprogenous, saprophilous, saprophytic, sphacelated, tainted,
ulcerated, ulcerous, unhealthful, unhealthy, unhygienic,
unsanitary, unwholesome