septic

adj.

1. Of, relating to, having the nature of, or affected by sepsis.
2. Causing sepsis; putrefactive.

[Latin sēpticus, putrefying, from Greek sēptikos, from sēptos, rotten, from sēpein, to make rotten.]

septicity sep·tic'i·ty (-tĭs'ĭ-tē) n.

From the Greek sepsis meaning putrefaction. ‘Septic’ may describe any infection usually bacterial infection of a wound, which causes both damage to tissues and also the defensive accumulation of white blood cells; the debris of the battleground leads to the accumulation of the thick yellow fluid pus. If this is confined beneath the skin or in any enclosed space (root of a tooth, breast, brain, middle ear, for example) it needs to be released before healing can occur — either by spontaneous bursting or with surgical assistance, for example by the traditional ‘lancing’ of an abscess, now referred to as incision and drainage. The derived term septicaemia means infection which has spread into the bloodstream (the ending -aemia always refers to the circulating blood).

— Stuart Judge

See immune system; infection; inflammation.

Pertaining to sepsis.

Pertaining to sepsis.

• s. fever — is fever associated with infection either as local abscess or cellulitis or as a septicemia or bacteremia. The infective agent may be a bacteria, virus, fungus, protozoa or even algae.
• s. mastitis — mastitis characterized by the presence of bacteria in the milk.
• s. shock — see toxemic shock.

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - septisk, betændt
n. - spildevandssystem med septiktank

idioms:

• septic tank    septiktank

Nederlands (Dutch)
ontstoken, beerput

Français (French)
adj. - infecté, septique
n. - septicémie

idioms:

• septic tank    fosse septique

Deutsch (German)
adj. - septisch
n. - Faulraum

idioms:

• septic tank    Faulraum

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - σηπτικός
n. - (σηπτικός) βόθρος

idioms:

• septic tank    (σηπτικός) βόθρος

Italiano (Italian)
settico

idioms:

• septic tank    fossa settica

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - séptico

idioms:

• septic tank    fossa séptica

Русский (Russian)
гнилостный

idioms:

• septic tank    нижняя камера канализационного отстойника

Español (Spanish)
adj. - séptico
n. - séptico

idioms:

• septic tank    tanque séptico, fosa séptica

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - septisk, infekterad
n. - infektion

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
腐败的, 败血病的, 腐烂物

idioms:

• septic tank    化粪池

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 腐敗的, 敗血病的
n. - 腐爛物

idioms:

• septic tank    化糞池

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 부패 시키는, 부패에 의한, 패혈성의
n. - 부패성, 패혈증 병원체

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 腐敗性の, 敗血症の

idioms:

• septic tank    腐敗槽

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) عفن (الاسم) عفونه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮אלוח, מזוהם, רקוב‬
n. - ‮זיהום‬

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