(of a wound or part of the body )伤口或身体部分 containing harmful bacteria that cause infection Topics Illnessc2感染病菌的;脓毒性的;腐败性的 Oxford Collocations DictionarySeptic is used with these nouns:- tank
Word Originearly 17th cent.: via Latin from Greek sēptikos, from sēpein ‘make rotten’.