septic
Pathology.
relating to, caused by, or affected by sepsis or infection: Adequate and prompt antibiotic therapy is essential for a septic patient.She was admitted to the hospital with septic shock.
causing sepsis or infection: If care is not taken, there is the potential for introducing septic agents through injection.
relating to or designed for the treatment of sewage by anaerobic bacteria: The rural property, just shy of three acres, is on a private well and septic system.Contamination of the bay may be a result of insufficient septic drainfields or faulty sewer lines or pumping stations.
a septic tank or septic system: They were able to get to my house the next day, drain the septic, and fix the sump pump.Here’s what to do if your septic is leaking.
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Origin of septic
1Other words from septic
- sep·ti·cal·ly, adverb
- sep·tic·i·ty [sep-tis-i-tee], /sɛpˈtɪs ɪ ti/, noun
- non·sep·tic, adjective
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How to use septic in a sentence
Through the Wastewater Innovation and Environmental Justice lab, which is being launched this month, representatives from Lowndes County, Navajo Nation and other affected areas will be part of the design team for the high-tech septic tank.
Even those with septic tanks find that they often fail in the dense, waterlogged soil.
Flowers, who was named a MacArthur Foundation “genius” in October, is working on a new kind of septic system.
There are now options for radon and lead paint inspections, and inspection of wells and septic systems that are more commonly found in outlying areas.
These toilets dump into overflowing septic tanks or into local rivers and lakes.
A dirty and growing problem: Too few toilets | Stephanie Parker | September 24, 2020 | Science News For Students
Reports that the bodies of the children had been ‘dumped’ in a septic tank have, however, proved to be wide of the mark.
Irish Care Home Scandal Grows As Children Revealed To Be Used As Vaccine Guinea Pigs | Tom Sykes | June 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI'm talking about what's called biogas, produced by treating the septic tanks attached to toilets.
India’s Most Dangerous Meal: The Poisoned-Lunch Disaster | Dilip D’Souza | July 18, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTWhen Pope John Paul II died of septic shock and heart failure, in April 2005, he was 84.
That terrible attack of septic pneumonia in New York, as we now know, left the heart injured and the lungs weakened.
Marriage la mode | Mrs. Humphry WardThink, Gentlemen, of a child in the last stages of septic peritonitis, practically dead.
The Blue Germ | Martin SwayneOf all the anti-septic agents used for the purposes mentioned boracic acid is the favorite, and salicylic acid next in choice.
Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians | William K. DavidVarious other anti-septic agents are used and combined in different ways, according to the results of experiments.
Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians | William K. DavidIt lays the orbit open to the possibility of septic infection.
British Dictionary definitions for septic
/ (ˈsɛptɪk) /
of, relating to, or caused by sepsis
of, relating to, or caused by putrefaction
Australian and NZ informal short for septic tank
Origin of septic
1Derived forms of septic
- septically, adverb
- septicity (sɛpˈtɪsɪtɪ), noun
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