Aseptic (adjective)
Free of disease-causing microbes.
“The lack of aseptic tools during surgery has resulted in many deaths.”
Aseptic (adjective)
Used to protect against infection by disease-causing microbes.
“Pharmaceuticals are packaged using aseptic techniques.”
Aseptic (adjective)
pasteurised.
Septic (adjective)
Of or pertaining to sepsis.
Septic (adjective)
Causing sepsis or putrefaction.
Septic (adjective)
Of or pertaining to sewage or the disposal of sewage.
“septic tank; septic system”
Septic (adjective)
Of the seventh degree or order.
Septic (noun)
A substance that causes sepsis or putrefaction.
Septic (noun)
A septic tank; a system for the disposal of sewage into a septic tank, a septic system.
Septic (noun)
A mathematical object (function, curve, surface, etc.) of degree seven.
Septic (noun)
An American, a Yank.
Aseptic (adjective)
free from contamination caused by harmful bacteria, viruses, or other microorganisms; surgically sterile or sterilized.
Aseptic (adjective)
(of surgical practice) aiming at the complete exclusion of harmful microorganisms.
Septic (adjective)
(chiefly of a wound or a part of the body) infected with bacteria
“his feet had gone septic”
Septic (adjective)
denoting a drainage system incorporating a septic tank.
Septic (noun)
a drainage system incorporating a septic tank.