SEPTIC


Meaning of SEPTIC in English

/ ˈseptɪk; NAmE / adjective

( of a wound or part of the body ) infected with harmful bacteria :

a septic finger

A dirty cut may go septic.

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WORD ORIGIN

early 17th cent.: via Latin from Greek sēptikos , from sēpein make rotten.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.