From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishsepticsep‧tic /ˈseptɪk/ adjective especially British English MIa wound or part of your body that is septic is infected with bacteria a cut that went septic
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septic• Hot flesh pressed close; the septic flesh of his companions.• So the sewage goes septic, giving off hydrogen sulphide which corrodes the pipes and makes a nasty smell.• These become hairless and develop septic sores.• If you have a septic system, where is the drain field?• Everywhere, it was like an over-flowing septic tank or something rotting.• It was just a septic tank.• It was in virgin wilderness up north where septic tanks are forbidden.• A tree gone septic where we gouged our initials.• a septic woundOrigin septic (1600-1700) Latin septicus, from Greek, from sepein; → SEPSIS 