Usually means: Infected, often related to bacteria.
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We found 41 dictionaries that define the word septic:

General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. septic: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. septic: Merriam-Webster
  3. septic: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. septic: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. septic: Collins English Dictionary
  6. septic: Vocabulary.com
  7. Septic, septic: Wordnik
  8. septic: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. Septic, septic: Wiktionary
  10. septic: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. septic: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. septic: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. septic, septic-: Dictionary.com
  14. septic: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. Septic: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Septic: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. septic: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. septic: Rhymezone
  19. septic: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. septic: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. septic: FreeDictionary.org
  22. septic: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. septic: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. -septic: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. septic: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. septic: Encyclopedia

Medicine (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. septic: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Septic: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Probert Encyclopaedia of Medicine (No longer online)
  6. -septic, septic, septic-: Medical dictionary
  7. Rudy's List of Archaic Medical Terms (No longer online)
  8. Septic: Drug Medical Dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. SEPTIC: Acronym Finder

Slang (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Septic (offensive): Racial Slur Database
  2. septic, septic: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  3. septic: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  4. Septic: Dublin Slang and Phrasebook

(Note: See septics as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Of or pertaining to sepsis.
adjective:  Causing sepsis or putrefaction.
adjective:  Of or pertaining to sewage or the disposal of sewage.
noun:  A substance that causes sepsis or putrefaction.
noun:  (medicine, dated) A person who has sepsis.
noun:  A septic tank; a system for the disposal of sewage into a septic tank, a septic system.
noun:  (mathematics) A mathematical object (function, curve, surface, etc.) of degree seven.
adjective:  (mathematics) Of the seventh degree or order.
noun:  (UK, Australia, New Zealand, rhyming slang, derogatory) An American, a Yank.
noun:  (UK, Australia, New Zealand, Cockney rhyming slang) Alternative form of septic; an American. [A substance that causes sepsis or putrefaction.]

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