Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SEP'TIC, or SEP'TIC-AL
SEP'TIC, or SEP'TIC-AL, a. [Gr. σηπτικος, from σηπω, to putrefy.]
Having power to promote putrefaction. Many experiments were made by Sir John Pringle to ascertain the septic and antiseptic virtues of natural bodies. – Encyc.
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