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Definition of Putrefiable
1. Adjective. Liable to decay or spoil or become putrid.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Putrefiable
Literary usage of Putrefiable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Edinburgh Medical Journal (1884)
"It comprises, first, the exclusion or removal of all putrefiable materials—blood,
pus, ... both putrefiable materials and bacteria may be present; third, ..."
2. Therapeutic Gazette (1912)
"sential requirements of such a diet are : To reduce the putrefiable protein
ingested to a rational minimum—that is, to a minimum which fits the particular ..."
3. The Chemist: A Monthly Journal of Chemical Philosophy (1850)
"The best manure is that which contains at once earthy and alkaline salts, ammoniacal
salts,putrefiable animal matter, ready-formed humus, and vegetable ..."
4. Reports to the St. Louis Medical Society on Yellow Fever: Consisting of the by St. Louis Medical Society, William Hutson Ford (1879)
"At the freezing point, or below it, putrefiable matter remains absolutely ...
The most putrefiable of all matters, however, are the excrementitious products ..."
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