septic

About 1.89 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Of or pertaining to sepsis.
2. adjective Causing sepsis or putrefaction.
3. adjective Of or pertaining to sewage or the disposal of sewage.

   septic tank

4. noun A substance that causes sepsis or putrefaction.
5. noun A person who has sepsis.
6. noun A septic tank; a system for the disposal of sewage into a septic tank, a septic system.
7. noun A mathematical object (function, curve, surface, etc.) of degree seven.
8. adjective Of the seventh degree or order.

Similar words

septicemic infective infected infectious purulent abscessed festering pussy contaminative putrefactive

Often followed by

shock tank arthritis tanks infection system systems and abortion complications