SEPTIC

[adjective] - (of a part of the body) infected by bacteria which produce pusI had my ears pierced and one of them went septic.Antibiotics have failed to help the injury to Fiennes's foot, which is thought to have started as a septic blister.A septic tank is a large, esp. underground, container usually in a countryside area in which excrement and urine are dissolved by the action of bacteria.