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Definition: Septic |
SepticAdjective1. Containing or resulting from disease-causing organisms; "a septic sore throat"; "a septic environment"; "septic sewage". 2. Of or relating to or caused by putrefaction; "the septic action occurs at the bottom of the septic tank". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "septic" was first used: 1605. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | Produced by or due to decomposition by microorganisms; putrefactive. (references) |
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| Antonym: antiseptic (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Insalubrity | Adjective: insalubrious; unhealthy, unwholesome; noxious, noisome; morbific, morbiferous; mephitic, septic, azotic, deleterious; pestilent, pestiferous, pestilential; virulent, venomous, envenomed; poisonous, toxic, toxiferous, teratogenic; narcotic. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Septic |
| English words defined with "septic": Septically, Septicity. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "septic": Aqua privy ♦ Ground-Water Discharge ♦ INSPECTOR, INDUSTRIAL WASTE, INSPECTOR, PLUMBING ♦ Leaching Bed ♦ Nutrient pollution ♦ percolation test ♦ Seepage Pit, Septic system, SEPTIC-TANK INSTALLER ♦ Tile Field ♦ Underground storage tank, Uveitis, Suppurative. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "septic": Septicity. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Septic" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Romanian (septic). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Sorry Frank, even if you gave both your kidneys to dying babies you'd still smell like a septic tank (Footballers' Wives; writing credit: Maureen Chadwick; Jaden Clark) | |
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 | The septic systems of the homes on the edge of Quivett Creek marsh might have been threatened by the creation of an open channel between the two marsh segments so restoration focused instead on enlarging culverts and removing sections of an access road that restricted water flow into the marsh. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | Great Britain, British Red Cross Society South African Hospital, London, England. : Interior of bath tub ward for septic wounds. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | In contrast to septic shock, HPS patients have a low cardiac output with a raised systemic vascular resistance. (references) | |
The 13 septic episodes among the 110 patients in the placebo group resulted in 3 deaths compared with no deaths and only 2 septic episodes among the 105 patients treated with prophylactic penicillin. (references) | ||
Patients who are usually not candidates for laparoscopic cholecystectomy include those with generalized peritonitis, septic shock from cholangitis, severe acute pancreatitis, end-stage cirrhosis of the liver with portal hypertension, severe coagulopathy unresponsive to treatment, known cancer of the gallbladder, and cholecysto-enteric fistulas. (references) | ||
Economic History | Japan | More broadly, many Japanese local governments have now decided to allow food disposer installation if connected to a septic tank system which will treat the waste before it is released into the local sewage lines. (references) |
Human Rights | Haiti | It also provides funding on an as needed basis to clear prison septic tanks and renovate bathroom facilities. (references) |
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| "Septic" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Septic" is used about 83 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 83 | 36,350 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "septic": go septic ♦ septic poisoning ♦ septic sore throat ♦ septic tank. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "septic": anti-septic. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "septic"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | septik, i infektuar (infected). (various references) | |
Arabic | مسبب عفنا, عفن (corrupt, decay, decompose, frowsty, fusty, mildew, mold, mould, musty, obnoxious, putrefaction, putrefy, putrid, rank, reek, rotten, spoilt, stale, taint), خمج (decay). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | ужасен (aghast, appalling, awful, bloodcurdling, deadly, desperate, deuced, devastating, dire, direful, dreadful, eldritch, execrable, fearful, fearsome, frantic, frightful, furious, ghastly, great, grievous, grisly, gruesome, horrible, horrid, horror-stricken, lurid, macabre, miserable, morbid, murderous, planet-stricken, planet-struck, precious, sad, terrible, terrific, towering, tremendous, unholy, unmentionable, vicious, wretched), септичен, отвратителен (abhorrent, abominable, accursed, accurst, atrocious, awful, beastly, bestial, carrion, creepy, cursed, damnable, detestable, disgustful, disgusting, distasteful, execrable, foul, fulsome, gruesome, hateful, heinous, hideous, horrible, ill-favored, ill-favoured, infamous, loathsome, lousy, miserable, morbid, nasty, nauseous, noisome, odious, offensive, punk, putrid, rank, repellent, revolting, rotten, shocking, sickening, ugly, unholy, unsavory, unsavoury, unspeakable, villainous, wicked). (various references) | |
Chinese | 能使腐败. (various references) | |
Czech | septik, septický, hnisavý (running). (various references) | |
Danish | septisk. (various references) | |
Dutch | septisch (infected), bederf veroorzakend (infected). (various references) | |
Esperanto | sepsa (infected). (various references) | |
Farsi | ماده عفونی , چرکی , گندیده , وابسته به گندیدگی , جسم عفونی , الوده (Spotty, Unclean). (various references) | |
Finnish | septinen jätevesi (septic wastewater), varsahalvaus (joint-ill, nave-ill, septic arthritis). (various references) | |
French | septique. (various references) | |
German | septisch. (various references) | |
Greek | σηπτικόσ (putrefactive). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מזו"ם (contaminated, dirty, filthy, infected, nasty, polluted, soiled), אלוח (contaminated, contamination, infection, pollution, sepsis), רקוב (decayed, putrid, rancid, rotten). (various references) | |
Hungarian | szeptikus. (various references) | |
Italian | settico. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 浄化槽 (septic tank, tank for purifying water), 汲取口 (hole for pumping out septic tank), 汲取 (septic tank). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | くみとりぐち (hole for pumping out septic tank), くみとり (dipping up, septic tank), じょうかそう (septic tank, tank for purifying water). (various references) | |
Korean | 부패시키". (various references) | |
Manx | molkagh (rotting). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | epticsay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | séptico. (various references) | |
Romanian | septic, mijloc septic. (various references) | |
Russian | септический. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | septičan. (various references) | |
Spanish | séptico. (various references) | |
Swedish | septisk, infekterad. (various references) | |
Turkish | septik (sceptical, skeptical), mikroplu (miasmal, miasmatic), kan zehirlenmesi yapan madde, çürütücü (cankerous, corrosive, corruptive, putrefacient, putrefactive). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | септичний (septical). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | nhiễm trùng gây thối hố rác tự hoại, chất gây thối. (various references) | |
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| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | septikos. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | septicus. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "septic": septical, septicemia, septicemias, septicemic, septicidal, septics. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "septic": antiseptic, aseptic. (additional references) | |
Words containing "septic": antiseptically, antiseptics, aseptically. (additional references) | |
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"Septic" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: eptic, heptic, leptic, Sepik, septi, septor, Serpico, Setec, setic, setif, Setlik, speptic, steptic, zoptic. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "septic" (pronounced se"ptik) |
| 6 | s e" p t i k | antiseptic. |
| 5 | -e" p t i k | epileptic, peptic, skeptic. |
| 4 | -p t i k | apocalyptic, cryptic, ecliptic, fiberoptic, optic, triptych. |
| 3 | -t i k | acetic, acoustic, acrobatic, aerobatic, aesthetic, agnostic, alphabetic, altruistic, amniotic, anachronistic, analytic, anesthetic, antagonistic, Antarctic, antibiotic, antic, anticlimactic, aortic, apathetic, apologetic, apoplectic, aquatic, arctic, aristocratic, arithmetic, aromatic, arthritic, artistic, ascetic, asthmatic, astronautic, asymptomatic, atavistic, atheistic, athletic, attic, authentic, autistic, autocratic, automatic, axiomatic, ballistic, bombastic, bureaucratic, capitalistic, catalytic, cathartic, caustic, chaotic, characteristic, charismatic, chauvinistic, chiropractic, cinematic, climactic, climatic, coloristic, cosmetic, critic, cultic, cystic, democratic, dendritic, despotic, deterministic, diabetic, diagnostic, diagrammatic, dialectic, diamagnetic, didactic, dietetic, diplomatic, diuretic, dogmatic, domestic, dramatic, drastic, drumstick, dualistic, dynastic, ecclesiastic, eclectic, ecstatic, elastic, electrolytic, electromagnetic, electrostatic, emblematic, emetic, empathetic, emphatic, energetic, enigmatic, enthusiastic, enzymatic, epigenetic, erotic, erratic, euphemistic, evangelistic, exotic, expressionistic, extragalactic, fanatic, fantastic, fatalistic, ferromagnetic, feudalistic, frantic, frenetic, futuristic, galactic, genetic, geomagnetic, gigantic, granitic, gymnastic, halophytic, hectic, hedonistic, hemolytic, hepatic, heretic, hermaphroditic, holistic, homeostatic, homiletic, humanistic, hyperkinetic, hypnotic, iconoclastic, idealistic, idiomatic, idiosyncratic, idiotic, imperialistic, impressionistic, individualistic, inelastic, interscholastic, jingoistic, journalistic, kinesthetic, kinetic, lactic, legalistic, linguistic, logistic, lymphatic, magnetic, majestic, masochistic, materialistic, mathematic, mechanistic, melodramatic, militaristic, monastic, monochromatic, monopolistic, moralistic, mystic, narcissistic, narcotic, nationalistic, naturalistic, neritic, neurotic, novelistic, numismatic, oligopolistic, onomastic, operatic, opportunistic, optimistic, orthodontic, pancreatic, pantheistic, paralytic, paramagnetic, parasitic, parasympathetic, parthenogenetic, paternalistic, pathetic, patriotic, patristic, pectic, pedantic, peripatetic, pessimistic, phonetic, phosphatic, plastic, pluralistic, pneumatic, poetic, polytheistic, porphyritic, posttraumatic, pragmatic, primitivistic, prismatic, problematic, programmatic, propagandistic, prophetic, prophylactic, prostatic, prosthetic, psychoanalytic, psychosomatic, psychotherapeutic, psychotic, puristic, quixotic, realistic, relativistic, rheumatic, ritualistic, robotic, romantic, rustic, sadistic, sarcastic, schematic, scholastic, semantic, semiautomatic, semiotic, sensationalistic, simplistic, socialistic, static, statistic, stylistic, surrealistic, sycophantic, symbiotic, sympathetic, symptomatic, synergistic, synthetic, systematic, tactic, technocratic, terroristic, thematic, theocratic, therapeutic, thermoplastic, thrombolytic, transatlantic, traumatic, unapologetic, unauthentic, uncharacteristic, undemocratic, undiplomatic, unenthusiastic, unpatriotic, unrealistic, unsympathetic, voyeuristic. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-i-p-s-t" | |
-1 letter: cesti, cites, epics, piste, sepic, spice, spite, stipe. | |
-2 letters: ceps, cist, cite, epic, etic, ices, pecs, pest, pets, pice, pics, pies, pits, sect, sept, sice, sipe, site, spec, spic, spit, step, tics, ties, tips. | |
-3 letters: cep, cis, ice, its, pec, pes, pet, pic, pie, pis, pit, psi, sec, sei, set, sic, sip, sit. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-i-p-s-t" | |
+1 letter: aseptic, cesspit, depicts, discept, incepts, inspect, pectins, peptics, pickets, pitches, poetics, sceptic, septics, skeptic, spicate, triceps. | |
+2 letters: campiest, campsite, captives, cesspits, crepiest, crispate, crispest, cuppiest, cuprites, despotic, discepts, ectopias, escapist, hepatics, inspects, paretics, pastiche, peckiest, pectines, pectizes, pickiest, picotees, picquets, picrates, picrites, pictures, piecrust, pistache, pitchers, pockiest, postiche, potiches, practise, predicts, priciest, prickets, receipts, rescript, sceptics, scripted, scripter, septical, skeptics, spaciest, speciate, spicated, spiciest, tieclasp. | |
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