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† ˈseptous, a. Obs. [f. sept-on + -ous.] septous acid, nitrous (or nitric) acid.1799 Med. & Phys. Jrnl. II. 184 Obtaining phosphoric acid from the bones of animals, by employing septous (nitrous) acid, which dissolved their lime.
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septite
† ˈseptite Chem. Obs. [f. sept-ous + -ite.] A salt of septous acid; a nitrite or nitrate.1799 S. L. Mitchill in Med. & Phys. Jrnl. I. 47 These carbonates and septites of lime, pot-ash, and soda.
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septic
septic, a. and n. (ˈsɛptɪk) Also 7 erron. sceptick. [ad. late L. sēptic-us, a. Gr. σηπτικός, f. σήπειν to putrefy.] A. adj. 1. a. Putrefactive, putrefying; in mod. use, of disease, caused by the absorption of the products of putrefaction.1605 Timme Quersit. iii. 160 Either septic putrifying, or caus...
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