septic /sep·tic/ (sep´tik) pertaining to sepsis.
Septic
septic.
septic [sep´tik]
sep·tic (s p t k)adj. 1. Of, relating to, having the nature of, or affected by sepsis. 2. Causing or producing sepsis; putrefactive. |
Septic
Referring to the presence of infection.
Mentioned in: Puerperal Infection
septic.
See sepsis.
septic [sep´tik]
pertaining to sepsis.
septic
pertaining to sepsis.
septic 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.
septic mastitis
mastitis characterized by the presence of bacteria in the milk.
septic shock
see toxemic shock.
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