Adjective: septic sep-tik
- Containing or resulting from disease-causing organisms
"a septic sore throat"; "septic sewage";
- infected
- Of or relating to or caused by putrefaction
"the septic action occurs at the bottom of the septic tank"
See also: abscessed, contaminative, dirty, germy [informal], infectious, infective, pestiferous, purulent, pussy, putrefacient, putrefactive, septicaemic [Brit, Cdn], septicemic [N. Amer], unhealthful [rare], unhealthy
Encyclopedia: Septic