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As an adjective, septic means of or pertaining to sepsis. As a noun, it means a substance that causes sepsis or putrefaction.
Meanings of septic
10 meaningsadjective
Of or pertaining to sepsis.
Causing sepsis or putrefaction.
Of or pertaining to sewage or the disposal of sewage.
“septic tank; septic system”
mathematicsOf the seventh degree or order.
Containing or resulting from disease-causing organisms
“a septic sore throat”
“a septic environment”
“septic sewage”
Similar: infectedOf or relating to or caused by putrefaction
“the septic action occurs at the bottom of the septic tank”
noun
A substance that causes sepsis or putrefaction.
A septic tank; a system for the disposal of sewage into a septic tank, a septic system.
mathematicsA mathematical object (function, curve, surface, etc.) of degree seven.
UKAustraliaNew Zealandrhyming slangderogatoryAn American, a Yank.
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).