septic

Definition of Septic in English :

1. infected, septic

containing or resulting from disease-causing organisms

Example Sentences:
'a septic sore throat'
'a septic environment'
'septic sewage'

2. septic

of or relating to or caused by putrefaction

Example Sentences:
'the septic action occurs at the bottom of the septic tank'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Septic

adjective

1.

of, relating to, or caused by sepsis

. Also (archaic): septical

2.

of, relating to, or caused by putrefaction

noun

3. Australian and New Zealand informal short for septic tank

adjective

causing, or resulting from, sepsis or putrefaction

adj.

1. Of, relating to, having the nature of, or affected by sepsis.

2. Causing sepsis; putrefactive.