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Etymology

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non- +‎ septic

Adjective

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nonseptic (not comparable)

  1. Not septic.

Noun

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nonseptic (plural nonseptics)

  1. (medicine, dated) A person who does not have sepsis.
    Antonym: septic
    • 1983 May/June, Ivo Giovannini, Giuseppe Boldrini, Marco Castagneto, Gabriele Sganga, Giuseppe Nanni, Mauro Pittiruti, Giancarlo Castiglioni, “Respiratory Quotient and Patterns of Substrate Utilization in Human Sepsis and Trauma”, in Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, volume 7, number 3, →DOI, page 227:
      Acid-base balance data revealed moderately abnormal metabolic balance for both septics and nonseptics (in either direction) with normal respiratory balance or mild alkalosis.