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Septic

adjective

Containing or resulting from disease-causing organisms. Synonym: infected. "A septic environment" , "Septic sewage"

Of or relating to or caused by putrefaction.

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"Septic" Quotes from Famous Books

... gross injustices.... Who is to make the only poultice? Who is to paint the very septic throat of Mr. Mullins, Army Service Corps? Who is to—dizzy splendour—go round with the M.O. should the Sister be off for ...

— A Diary Without Dates • Enid Bagnold

... why ye may not be lawfully joined together in eugenic matrimony, ye do now confess it. For be ye well assured that if any persons are joined together otherwise than in a state of absolute chemical and bacteriological innocence, their marriage will be septic, unhygienic, pathogenic and toxic, and eugenically ...

— A Book of Burlesques • H. L. Mencken

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