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Definition of Putrefaction

1. Noun. A state of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor.

2. Noun. (biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action.

3. Noun. Moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles. "Rome had fallen into moral putrefaction"

Definition of Putrefaction

1. n. The act or the process of putrefying; the offensive decay of albuminous or other matter.

Definition of Putrefaction

1. Noun. the act of causing to rot; the anaerobic splitting of proteins by bacteria and fungi with the formation of malodorous, incompletely oxidized products ¹

2. Noun. rotted material ¹

3. Noun. the state of being rotted ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Putrefaction

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Putrefaction

putlogs putoff putoffs putois puton putonghua putonghuas putons putoranite putour

putours putout putouts putredinous putrefacient putrefaction (current term) putrefactions putrefactive putrefactiveness putrefiable

putrefied putrefier putrefiers putrefies putrefy putrefying putrescence putrescences putrescene putrescenes

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