Aseptic vs. Septic

Asepticadjective

Free of disease-causing microbes.

Asepticadjective

(medicine) Used to protect against infection by disease-causing microbes.

Asepticadjective

(food industry) pasteurised.

Asepticadjective

Not liable to putrefaction; nonputrescent.

Asepticadjective

free from pathogenic microorganisms; sterile; as, aseptic operating conditions.

Asepticadjective

lacking emotion, human warmth, or excitement.

Asepticnoun

An aseptic substance.

Asepticadjective

free of or using methods to keep free of pathological microorganisms;

Asepticadjective

free from contamination caused by harmful bacteria, viruses, or other microorganisms; surgically sterile or sterilized.

Asepticadjective

(of surgical practice) aiming at the complete exclusion of harmful microorganisms.

Septicadjective

Of or pertaining to sepsis.

Septicadjective

Causing sepsis or putrefaction.

Septicadjective

Of or pertaining to sewage or the disposal of sewage.

Septicadjective

(mathematics) Of the seventh degree or order.

Septicnoun

A substance that causes sepsis or putrefaction.

Septicnoun

A septic tank; a system for the disposal of sewage into a septic tank, a septic system.

Septicnoun

(mathematics) A mathematical object (function, curve, surface, etc.) of degree seven.

Septicnoun

An American, a Yank.

Septicadjective

Of the seventh degree or order.

Septicadjective

Having power to promote putrefaction.

Septicnoun

A substance that promotes putrefaction.

Septicadjective

containing or resulting from disease-causing organisms;

Septicadjective

of or relating to or caused by putrefaction;

Septicadjective

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

Septicadjective

denoting a drainage system incorporating a septic tank.

Septicnoun

a drainage system incorporating a septic tank.