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septic |
Grep of noun septic antiseptic septic sore throat septic tank septicaemia septicemia septicemic plague Overview of adj septic The adj septic has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (3) septic -- (containing or resulting from disease-causing organisms; "a septic sore throat"; "a septic environment"; "septic sewage") 2. septic -- (of or relating to or caused by putrefaction; "the septic action occurs at the bottom of the septic tank") Antonyms of adj septic 1 of 2 senses of septic Sense 1 septic (vs. antiseptic) antiseptic (vs. septic) => aseptic, sterile => bactericidal, disinfectant, germicidal => cleansing, purifying => uninfected, clean => nonpurulent Similarity of adj septic 2 senses of septic Sense 1 septic (vs. antiseptic) => abscessed => contaminated, dirty, infected => contaminative => festering, infected, purulent, pussy, putrid => putrefactive, putrefacient => septicemic => infectious, infective Also See-> germy#1; unhealthful#2 Sense 2 septic Pertains to noun decomposition (Sense 5) =>decomposition, rot, rotting, putrefaction => decay Attributes of adj septic Familiarity of adj septic septic used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj septic antiseptic aseptic septic septicemic Overview of adj septic The adj septic has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (3) septic -- (containing or resulting from disease-causing organisms; "a septic sore throat"; "a septic environment"; "septic sewage") 2. septic -- (of or relating to or caused by putrefaction; "the septic action occurs at the bottom of the septic tank")
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