Modifying Another Word

• not: Options: Reply To This Message - Quote This Message Re: not septic?

• then: Package plants are the next best alternative, then septic tanks and then cesspits.

Modifies a noun

• tank: How often a septic tank needs to be emptied depends upon a number of factors.

• arthritis: However, septic arthritis should be excluded prior to steroid injection.

• shock: Two thirds of patients who suffer septic shock will die.

• drainage: SERVICES Oil fired central heating and septic tank drainage.

• complication: One of these patients died as a result of septic complications and was the only mortality in the series.

• wound: Cover any open or septic wounds with a waterproof plaster.

Used with adjective complement

• turn: The sludge can also become too thick to extract easily or turn septic.

• go: The lesion of the foot is invaded by bacteria causing it to go septic.

• become: A week old cut on my hand had become septic.