septic
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- a containing or resulting from disease-causing organisms
a septic sore throat
a septic environment
septic sewage - a of or relating to or caused by putrefaction
the septic action occurs at the bottom of the septic tank
- When a soldier is wounded by shrapnel, or a civilian by splinters of flying glass, don't treat the wound with an antiseptic.
- The excess flesh has turned septic and begun to necrotize, and that is the stench in the air in San Diego.
- They may resemble diphtheria, septic sore throat, syphilis.