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Sep"ti- (?), [L. septem seven.] A combining form meaning seven; as, septifolious, seven-leaved; septi-lateral, seven-sided.

Sep"tic (?), a. [Septi- + - ic.] (Math.) Of the seventh degree or order. -- n. (Alg.) A quantic of the seventh degree.

{ Sep"tic (?), Sep"tic*al (?), } a. [L. septicus, Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?;, fr. &?;&?;&?;&?; to make putrid: cf. F. septique.] Having power to promote putrefaction.

Sep"tic, n. A substance that promotes putrefaction.

||Sep`ti*cæ"mi*a (?), n. [NL., from Gr. &?;&?;&?; putrefactive + ||&?;&?;&?; blood.] (Med.) A poisoned condition of the blood produced ||by the absorption into it of septic or putrescent material; blood ||poisoning. It is marked by chills, fever, prostration, and ||inflammation of the different serous membranes and of the lungs, ||kidneys, and other organs.

Sep"tic*al*ly (?), adv. In a septic manner; in a manner tending to promote putrefaction.

Sep"ti*ci`dal (?), a. [Septum + L. caedere to cut: cf. F. septicide.] (Bot.) Dividing the partitions; -- said of a method of dehiscence in which a pod splits through the partitions and is divided into its component carpels.

Sep*tic"i*ty (?), n. [See Septic.] Tendency to putrefaction; septic quality.

Sep`ti*fa"ri*ous (?), a. [L. septifariam sevenfold. Cf. Bifarious.] (Bot.) Turned in seven different ways.

Sep*tif"er*ous (?), a. [Septum + -ferous: cf. F. septifère.] (Bot.) Bearing a partition; -- said of the valves of a capsule.

Sep*tif"er*ous, a. [Gr. &?;&?;&?; putrefied + -ferous.] Conveying putrid poison; as, the virulence of septiferous matter.

Sep*tif"lu*ous (?), a. [CF. Septemfluous.] Flowing in seven streams; septemfluous.

Sep`ti*fo"li*ous (?), a. [Septi- + L. folium leaf.] (Bot.) Having seven leaves.

Sep"ti*form (?), a. [Septum + -form.] Having the form of a septum.

Sep*tif"ra*gal (?), a. [Septum + L. frangere, fractum, to break.] (Bot.) Breaking from the partitions; -- said of a method of dehiscence in which the valves of a pod break away from the partitions, and these remain attached to the common axis.

Sep`ti*lat"er*al (?), a. [Septi- + lateral.] Having seven sides; as, a septilateral figure.

Sep*til"lion (?), n. [F. septilion, formed fr. L. septem seven, in imitation of million.] According to the French method of numeration (which is followed also in the United States), the number expressed by a unit with twenty-four ciphers annexed. According to the English method, the number expressed by a unit with forty-two ciphers annexed. See Numeration.

Sep"ti*mole (?), n. [L. septem seven.] (Mus.) A group of seven notes to be played in the time of four or six.

Sep*tin"su*lar (?), a. [Septi- + insular.] Consisting of seven islands; as, the septinsular republic of the Ionian Isles.

Sep"ti*syl`la*ble (?), n. [Septi- + syllable.] A word of seven syllables.

Sep*to"ic (?), a. [L. septem seven.] (Chem.) See Heptoic. [R.]

Sep`to*max"il*la*ry (?), a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the nasal septum and the maxilla; situated in the region of these parts. -- n. A small bone between the nasal septum and the maxilla in many reptiles and amphibians.

Sep`tu*a*ge*na"ri*an (?), n. A person who is seventy years of age; a septuagenary.

Sep`tu*ag"e*na*ry (?), a. [L. septuagenarius, fr. septuageny seventy each; akin to septuaginta seventy, septem seven. See Seven.] Consisting of seventy; also, seventy years old. -- n. A septuagenarian.

||Sep`tu*a*ges"i*ma (?), n. [NL., fr. L. septuagesimus the seventieth, ||fr. septuaginta seventy.] (Eccl.) The third Sunday before Lent; -- so ||called because it is about seventy days before Easter.

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Sep`tu*a*ges"i*mal (?), a. Consisting of seventy days, years, etc.; reckoned by seventies.

Our abridged and septuagesimal age.