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Septical [\N] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. SEP'TICAL ,

2. Having power to promote putrefacation. Many experiments were made by Sir John Pringle to ascertain the septic and anteseptic virtues of natural bodies.

3. Proceeding from or generated by putrefaction; as septic acid.

Septical [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A substance that promotes the putrefaction of bodies.

Septical [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Having power to promote putrefaction.

Septically [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

In a septic manner; in a manner tending to promote putrefaction.