septic
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7.2
- adjective
- /ˈsɛptɪk/
- Specialized
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séptico
- If it's not removed right away it could go septic, and he could die.
- septic shock
- septic arthritis
- septic tank
Yeah, But at the lake house, it's all septic.
- Yeah, But at the lake house, it's all septic.
- We had a a septic system that wasn't working that was backed up.
- And then they traced that there was a septic tooth that was through the bloodstream going into the heart.
- You're not doing the the tour of the garden before you take them down to the to the septic tank.
- And if you didn't do that, you get cut and get an infection and get staph and die, would go septic.
- Then they found him in the septic tank, pulled him out and then they asked why were you screaming fire?
- When they found him in the septic tank, pulled him out and then they asked why were you screaming fire?
- He went into septic shock and he's on an hour like a minute to minute basis and every hour counts.
- So you've already thought about something that gamers need, which is cooling, and now consider the next option, which is an integrated septic tank.
- I mean, all these things work to promote the bacterial growth of your septic tank.
- It's for a like a septic ground air tank, tank pump.
- So if there's that septic lot, boat slip, etcetera.
- She is nearly septic with the taint of our earthly world.
- And I was, I broke my ankle and then I got a back septic condition of my leg.
Examples
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Current guidelines recommend starting antibiotic therapy within one hour of identification of septic shock.
Academic text (2017) -
I need to get that out before it turns septic.
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Otherwise the wound will become septic, and then he'll either lose his arm or, worst-case scenario, his life.
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He went into septic shock and he's on an hour like a minute to minute basis and every hour counts.
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Okay, so that cut that was in his bowel, there was one that didn't show up on the X-ray, and so that became septic.
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If the cut is not cleaned properly, it can become septic and lead to a serious infection.
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The doctor explained that untreated wounds may turn septic and require immediate medical attention.
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After the surgery, the patient developed septic complications that prolonged his recovery time.
Synonyms
5
3.3
Having germs like bacteria or viruses that make the body sick
Antonyms
Compounds
11
4.3
An underground tank where bacteria break down sewage and solids before they drain away
- Specialized
Strep bacteria infect the throat and tonsils and cause a severe, painful infection often with fever
How Infected
- Specialized
1
9.9
- Specialized
19
7.2
5
3.3
∞
1.0
- Specialized
37
4.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Septic comes from an old Greek word septikos, from sepo meaning 'to rot'. That's why septic describes something infected or full of harmful germs, like a wound that is starting to rot.