Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of, relating to, having the nature of, or affected by sepsis.
- adjective Causing sepsis; putrefactive.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to sepsis in general; putrefactive or putrefying; septical: opposed to antiseptic.
- noun A substance which causes sepsis.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Math.) Of the seventh degree or order.
- noun A substance that promotes putrefaction.
- adjective Having power to promote putrefaction.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun mathematics A mathematical object (function, curve, surface, etc.) of
degree seven. - adjective Of or pertaining to
sepsis . - adjective Causing
sepsis orputrefaction . - adjective Of or pertaining to
sewage or the disposal of sewage. - noun A substance that causes
sepsis orputrefaction . - noun A
septic tank ; a system for the disposal of sewage into a septic tank, a septic system. - noun UK, Australia, New Zealand, rhyming slang An
American , aYank .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to or caused by putrefaction
- adjective containing or resulting from disease-causing organisms
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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The doctors explained that my husband was septic from the bacteria which had invaded his blood system.
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The proper operation of the septic is essential to health, property value, and the ecology.
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The proper operation of the septic is essential to health, property value, and the ecology.
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The proper operation of the septic is essential to health, property value, and the ecology.
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The proper operation of the septic is essential to health, property value, and the ecology.
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The proper operation of the septic is essential to health, property value, and the ecology.
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The proper operation of the septic is essential to health, property value, and the ecology.
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Looking for ground north to buy but need to buy at least 3 acres or more to get permit to put in septic tank legally.
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The proper operation of the septic is essential to health, property value, and the ecology.
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