septic

/ˈsɛptɪk/

/ˈsɛptɪk/

Septic is connected to dangerous waste products. If your house is not connected to your town or city's sewer, your waste from drains and toilets goes into a septic tank.

Derived from a Greek word meaning "rotten," septic can indicate that something is infected. When a hospital patient goes into "septic shock," it means that their body, wracked by an infection, is starting to fail. People in septic shock are victims of a condition called sepsis.

Definitions of septic

1. adjective

   of or relating to or caused by putrefaction
   “the septic action occurs at the bottom of the septic tank”
2. adjective

   containing or resulting from disease-causing organisms
   “a septic sore throat”

   “a septic environment”

   “septic sewage”

   synonyms: infected

   unhealthful

   detrimental to good health

   abscessed

   infected and filled with pus

   dirty, pestiferous

   contaminated with infecting organisms

   contaminative

   making impure by contact or mixing

   purulent, pussy

   containing pus

   infectious, infective

   caused by infection or capable of causing infection

   putrefacient, putrefactive

   causing or promoting bacterial putrefaction

   septicemic

   characteristic of septicemia

   germy

   full of germs or pathological microorganisms

   antonyms:

   antiseptic

   thoroughly clean and free of or destructive to disease-causing organisms

   clean

   free from dirt or impurities; or having clean habits

   healthful

   conducive to good health of body or mind

   aseptic, sterile

   free of or using methods to keep free of pathological microorganisms

   bactericidal, disinfectant, germicidal

   preventing infection by inhibiting the growth or action of microorganisms

   cleansing, purifying

   acting like an antiseptic

   nonpurulent

   not containing pus

   clean, uninfected

   free from sepsis or infection

   germfree

   free from germs or pathogenic organisms; sterile