Septic

Adjective

 * 1) Of or pertaining to sepsis
 * 2) Causing sepsis or putrefaction

Thesaurus
bad, bad for, cankered, contaminated, diseased, foul, gangrened, gangrenous, harmful, infected, injurious, insalubrious, insanitary, morbid, morbific, mortified, noisome, noxious, pathogenic, pathological, peccant, pestiferous, poisoned, polluted, putrefacient, putrefactive, rotting, saprobic, saprogenic, saprogenous, saprophilous, saprophytic, sphacelated, tainted, ulcerated, ulcerous, unhealthful, unhealthy, unhygienic, unsanitary, unwholesome

Etymology
From σηπτικός: < σηπτός: < σήπειν:.

Translations

 * German:
 * French: septique
 * Portuguese: séptico

Related terms

 * antiseptic
 * asepsis
 * aseptic
 * sepsis
 * septic shock
 * septic tank
 * septicemia
 * septicity