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septic

/'sɛptɪk/

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adjective
containing or resulting from disease-causing organisms
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"a septic sore throat" "a septic environment" "septic sewage"

Similar:

infected dirty infectious infective abscessed purulent pussy putrefacient putrefactive septicemic pestiferous contaminative

Opposite:

antiseptic
of or relating to or caused by putrefaction
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"the septic action occurs at the bottom of the septic tank"

Examples of septic

"a septic sore throat"
"a septic environment"
"septic sewage"
"the septic action occurs at the bottom of the septic tank"