septic
Syllables: sep·ticUK/ˈsɛp.tɪk/
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Australia/ˈsep.tɪ̝k/
septic adjective: of or pertaining to sepsis.
Adjective (1)
septic (comparative more septic, superlative most septic)
- Of or pertaining to sepsis.
- Causing sepsis or putrefaction.
- Of or pertaining to sewage or the disposal of sewage.
- septic tank
- a septic system
Noun (1)
septic (plural septics)
- A substance that causes sepsis or putrefaction.
- But, in the prosecution of this subject, he had met with very few real septics; and found many substances, commonly accounted such, of a quite opposite nature.1750, John Pringle, Further Experiments on Substances Resisting Putrefaction, in 1809, Charles Hutton, George Shaw, Richard Pearson (editors), The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of...
- A person who has sepsis.
- Acid-base balance data revealed moderately abnormal metabolic balance for both septics and nonseptics (in either direction) with normal respiratory balance or mild alkalosis.1983 May/June, Ivo Giovannini, Giuseppe Boldrini, Marco Castagneto, Gabriele Sganga, Giuseppe Nanni, Mauro Pittiruti, Giancarlo Castiglioni, “Respiratory Quotient and Patterns of Substrate...
- A septic tank; a system for the disposal of sewage into a septic tank, a septic system.
- The question is whether there are any spatial differences in how septics impact water quality, and whether these spatial variations should be considered when regulating septic improvement or removal.2008, Alexey Voinov, Systems Science and Modeling for Ecological Economics, page 244
Noun (2)
septic (plural septics)
- A mathematical object (function, curve, surface, etc.) of degree seven.
- Enriques states that it is possible to construct a family of septics with a singular curve of degree 7 and genus 4 having a triple point that degenerates to the above configuration[…].2002, Ingrid C. Bauer, Fabrizio Catanese, Roberto Pignatelli, “Canonical Rings of Surfaces Whose Canonical System has Base Points”, in Ingrid C. Bauer et al., editors, Complex Geometry: Collection of...
- Now consider the two septics C = U⁷ᵢ₌₁Cᵢ, D = U⁷ᵢ₌₁Dᵢ and note that for i = 1,2,3,4,5,6 the lines Cᵢ and Dᵢ are parallel, so that the intersection of two septics S' consists of 6⁶^([sic]) + 6 + 1 = 43 points and it is the singular set of a foliation of degree 6.2003, Antonio Campillo, Santiago Encinas, “Two Dimensional Complete Ideals”, in Luchezar L. Avramov et al., editors, Commutative Algebra: Interactions with Algebraic Geometry: International...
Adjective (2)
septic (not comparable)
- Of the seventh degree or order.
Noun (3)
septic (plural septics)
- An American, a Yank.
- Typical septic. Can't understand why the rest of the world thinks he's a fuck-knuckle.1998 April 21, Justin Downey, “Re: rachel is awful cute!”, alt.nuke.the.USA, aus.flame.usa, and alt.flame
- “Didn′t enjoy the septics,” he says jokingly about the Americans.2011, Roger Rees, Out of Calamity: Stories of Trauma Survivors, unnumbered page
Noun (4) capitalized: Septic
Septic (plural Septics)
- Alternative form of septic; an American.
- Not only didn′t he want to tour he didn′t even want “Septics” (“Septic Tanks,″ meaning Yanks) to buy his records.1992 February, “The Brit Pack”, in Spin, page 41
septic meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
septic in Hindi
- सेप्टिक
septic in Tamil
- செப்டிக்
septic in Marathi
- सेप्टिक, सॅप्टिक
septic in Urdu
- سیپٹک, سیپٹیک
More languagesFewer languages
- septic in Bengali
- সেপটিক, সেপ্টিক
- septic in Telugu
- సెప్టిక్
- septic in Malayalam
- സെപ്റ്റിക്, സെപ്റ്റിക്ക്
- septic in Kannada
- ಸೆಪ್ಟಿಕ್
- septic in Punjabi
- ਸੈਪਟਿਕ, ਸੇਪ੍ਟਿਕ
- septic in Gujarati
- સેપ્ટિક, સેપ્ટીક
- septic in Odia
- ସେପ୍ଟିକ୍, ସେପ୍ଟିକ
- septic in Nepali
- सेप्टिक
- septic in Indonesian
- septik
Examples of septic in a sentence
- Another limitation is that a high percentage of severe septic patients show renal failure and oligoanuria.
- They were a loutsome source of irritation and responsible for much septic poisoning.
- For the patient with unifocal colonization, he was admitted to SICU for septic shock secondary to acute cholangitis.
Forms of septic
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more septic |
| superlative | most septic |
| alternative form (obsolete) | septick |
| Noun | |
| plural | septics |
| alternative form | Septic |
| plural | Septics |
Origin of septic
From Ancient Greek σηπτικός (sēptikós, “characterized by putridity”), from σηπτός (sēptós), from σήπω (sḗpō).
From Latin septem (“seven”) + -ic.
Short form of Cockney rhyming slang septic tank (“Yank”).
Words formed from septic
Phrases with septic
Questions about septic
- What does septic mean?
- Septic means of or pertaining to sepsis.
- What is septic in Hindi?
- Septic in Hindi is सेप्टिक. See Septic meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is septic?
- Septic can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce septic?
- Septic is pronounced /ˈsep.tɪ̝k/ (Australia).
Words near septic in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: septic (page history and authors); Septic (page history and authors); septic (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); septic (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); septic (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); septic (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); septic (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); septic (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); septic (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); septic (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); septic (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); septic (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); septic (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); septic (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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