Word
septic, adj.
freq. cnt. 3
containing or resulting from disease-causing organisms
<adj.all>
freq. cnt.: 3
freq. cnt.: 3
infected
septic
sample sentences
"a septic sore throat"
"a septic environment"
"septic sewage"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
sepsis
antonym
antiseptic
semantic pointers
also see
germy
unhealthful
similar to
abscessed
dirty, pestiferous
contaminative
purulent, pussy
infectious, infective
putrefactive, putrefacient
septicemic
of or relating to or caused by putrefaction
<adj.pert>
septic
sample sentences
"the septic action occurs at the bottom of the septic tank"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
sepsis
derived from/pertains to
decomposition