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Definition of: septic
(sep′tik) adjective
1. Of, pertaining to, or caused by sepsis.
2. Productive of putrefaction; putrid. Also sep′ti·cal.
—noun Any substance that produces or promotes putrefaction. [<LL septicus <Gk. sēptikos <sēpein putrefy]
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