Sepsin
(Sep"sin) n. [Gr. putrefaction.] (Physiol. Chem.) A soluble poison (ptomaine) present in putrid
blood. It is also formed in the putrefaction of proteid matter in general.
Sepsis
(||Sep"sis) n. [NL., fr. Gr. putrefaction.] (Med.) The poisoning of the system by the introduction
of putrescent material into the blood.
Sept
(Sept) n. [A corruption of sect, n.] A clan, tribe, or family, proceeding from a common progenitor; —
used especially of the ancient clans in Ireland.
The chief, struck by the illustration, asked at once to be baptized, and all his sept followed his example.
S. Lover. Septæmia
(||Sep*tæ"mi*a) n. [NL., fr. Gr. putrid + blood.] (Med.) Septicæmia.
Septal
(Sep"tal) a. Of or pertaining to a septum or septa, as of a coral or a shell.
Septane
(Sep"tane) n. [L. septem seven.] (Chem.) See Heptane. [R.]
Septangle
(Sep"tan`gle) n. [Septi- + angle.] (Geom.) A figure which has seven angles; a heptagon.
[R.]
Septangular
(Sep*tan"gu*lar) a. Heptagonal.
Septarium
(||Sep*ta"ri*um) n.;pl. Septaria [NL., fr. L. septum, saeptum, an inclosure, a partition, fr.
sepire, saepire, to inclose.] (Geol.) A flattened concretionary nodule, usually of limestone, intersected
within by cracks which are often filled with calcite, barite, or other minerals.
Septate
(Sep"tate) a. [L. septum, saeptum, partition.] Divided by partition or partitions; having septa; as,
a septate pod or shell.
September
(Sep*tem"ber) n. [L., fr. septem seven, as being the seventh month of the Roman year,
which began with March: cf. F. septembre. See Seven.] The ninth month of the year, containing thirty
days.
Septemberer
(Sep*tem"ber*er) n. A Setembrist. Carlyle.
Septembrist
(Sep*tem"brist) n. [F. septembriste.] An agent in the massacres in Paris, committed in
patriotic frenzy, on the 22d of September, 1792.
Septemfluous
(Sep*tem"flu*ous) a.[L. septemfluus; septem seven + fluere to flow.] Flowing sevenfold; divided
into seven streams or currents. [R.] Fuller.
Septempartite
(Sep*tem"par*tite) a. [L. septem seven + E. partite.] Divided nearly to the base into
seven parts; as, a septempartite leaf.
Septemtrioun
(Sep*tem"tri*oun) n. Septentrion. [Obs.]
Septemvir
(||Sep*tem"vir) n.; pl. E. Septemvirs L. Septemviri [L. septemviri, pl.; septem seven +
viri, pl. of vir man.] (Rom. Hist.) One of a board of seven men associated in some office.
Septemvirate
(Sep*tem"vi*rate) n.[L. septemviratus.] The office of septemvir; a government by septimvirs.
Septenary
(Sep"ten*a*ry) a. [L. septenairus, from septeni seven each, septem seven: cf. F. septénaire.
See Seven. ]
1. Consisting of, or relating to, seven; as, a septenary number. I. Watts.
