septic

septic
Synonyms and related words:
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

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  • septic — SÉPTIC, Ă, septici, ce, adj. Infectat cu microbi. ♢ Maladie septică = boală provocată de microbi. – Din fr. septique. Trimis de claudia, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DEX 98  SÉPTIC adj. (med.) microbian, (rar) microbic. (Infecţie septic.) Trimis de siveco …   Dicționar Român

  • Septic — Septic, a word derived from the Greek Σήψις, meaning putrefaction may refer to: * a septic infection, cf. sepsis * Septic system, a form of home based sewage disposal …   Wikipedia

  • şeptic — ŞEPTÍC, şeptici, s.m. (fam.) 1. Diminutiv al lui şapte. 2. Joc de cărţi, în care cartea marcată cu numărul şapte are cea mai mare importanţă. – Şapte + suf. ic. Trimis de LauraGellner, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DEX 98  ŞEPTÍC s. v. şapte, şeptar.… …   Dicționar Român

  • septic — c.1600, from L. septicus of or pertaining to putrefaction, from Gk. septikos characterized by putrefaction, from sepein cause to rot (see SEPSIS (Cf. sepsis)). Septic tank is attested from 1902 …   Etymology dictionary

  • septic — ► ADJECTIVE 1) (of a wound or a part of the body) infected with bacteria. 2) denoting a drainage system incorporating a septic tank. DERIVATIVES septically adverb septicity noun. ORIGIN Greek s ptikos, from s pein make rotten …   English terms dictionary

  • Septic — Sep tic, a. [Septi + ic.] (Math.) Of the seventh degree or order. n. (Alg.) A quantic of the seventh degree. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 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

  • Septic — Sep tic, n. A substance that promotes putrefaction. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • septic — index deleterious, peccant (unhealthy) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • septic — [sep′tik] adj. [L septicus < Gr sēptikos < sēpein, to make putrid: see SEPIA] causing, or resulting from, sepsis or putrefaction septically adv. septicity [sep′tis′ə tē] n …   English World dictionary

  • septic — adjective Etymology: Latin septicus, from Greek sēptikos, from sēpein to putrefy Date: 1605 1. of, relating to, or causing putrefaction 2. relating to, involving, caused by, or affected with sepsis < septic patients > 3. used for sewage treatment …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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