Septic \Sep"tic\, a. [Septi- + -ic.] (Math.)
   Of the seventh degree or order. -- n. (Alg.) A quantic of the
   seventh degree.
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	Septic \Sep"tic\, Septical \Sep"tic*al\, a. [L. septicus, Gr.
   ????, fr. ???? to make putrid: cf. F. septique.]
   Having power to promote putrefaction.
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	Septic \Sep"tic\, n.
   A substance that promotes putrefaction.
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	septic
    adj 1: containing or resulting from disease-causing organisms;
           "a septic sore throat"; "a septic environment"; "septic
           sewage" [syn: septic, infected] [ant: antiseptic]
    2: of or relating to or caused by putrefaction; "the septic
       action occurs at the bottom of the septic tank"

	

	41 Moby Thesaurus words for "septic":
   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