What does septic mean?

Definitions for septic
ˈsɛp tɪksep·tic

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word septic.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. septic, infectedadjective

    containing or resulting from disease-causing organisms

    "a septic sore throat"; "a septic environment"; "septic sewage"

  2. septicadjective

    of or relating to or caused by putrefaction

    "the septic action occurs at the bottom of the septic tank"

Wiktionary

  1. septicadjective

    Of or pertaining to sepsis

  2. septicadjective

    Causing sepsis or putrefaction

  3. Septicnoun

    An American.

  4. Etymology: From the Cockney rhyming slang 'septic tank', for Yank.

ChatGPT

  1. septic

    Septic generally refers to a condition or system related to the presence or potential presence of pathogenic organisms, particularly bacteria, often leading to infection or disease. In medicine, it describes the presence of harmful microscopes or toxins due to an infection. In home or civil infrastructure context, septic refers to a septic system, an underground wastewater treatment structure where sewage is decomposed and purified.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Septicadjective

    of the seventh degree or order

  2. Septicnoun

    a quantic of the seventh degree

  3. Septicadjective

    alt. of Septical

  4. Septicnoun

    a substance that promotes putrefaction

  5. Etymology: [Septi- + -ic.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of septic in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of septic in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of septic in a Sentence

  1. Nicholas Hendren:

    He was already in the early stages of septic shock, and his kidneys had already had some injury, very quickly, his septic shock progressed from ... early stages to severe stages very rapidly, within 12 hours or so, which is typical for this type of infection.

  2. Evan Goldberg:

    I'm gonna become a civil engineer. I'm gonna design septic tanks for playgrounds. Little kids can take shits!

  3. Tanai Smith:

    After the surgery my mom was told that when they open [SIC] me up, my ovaries was [SIC] black and that they had to give me a hysterectomy. After the surgery I went into septic shock causing me to be in ICU for a few weeks.

  4. Amy Sakho:

    They leave the infants out in the middle of the forest to starve to death or get eaten by wild animals, others strangle them or throw them in the septic tank.

  5. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus:

    In about 14 % of cases, the virus causes severe diseases including pneumonia and shortness of breath. And about 5 % of patients have critical diseases including respiratory failure, septic shock and multiorgan failure, in 2 % of reported cases, the virus is fatal, and the risk of death increases the older you are. We see relatively few cases among children. More research is needed to understand why.

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