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Definition of Putrescent
1. Adjective. Becoming putrid. "A trail lined by putrescent carcasses"
Definition of Putrescent
1. a. Becoming putrid or rotten.
Definition of Putrescent
1. Adjective. becoming putrid; putrefying ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Putrescent
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Putrescent
Literary usage of Putrescent
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Modern Dental Materia Medica, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Including the by John Peter Buckley (1910)
"putrescent PULPS. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS. The treatment of putrescent pulps ...
or non- penetrating power of coagulating agents in putrescent root-canals. ..."
2. A Manual of Toxicology: Including the Consideration of the Nature by John James Reese (1874)
"POISONING BY putrescent FOOD.—UNSOUND MEAT. The effects resulting from eating meat
... The meat of the most healthy animal after it has become putrescent is ..."
3. Resources of the Southern Fields and Forests, Medical, Economical, and by Francis Peyre Porcher (1869)
"... and the flavor of the juniper berries, which is very refreshing, and it is
besides rendered tonic arid anti-putrescent. The use of this drink is ono of ..."
4. The Merv Oasis: Travels and Adventures East of the Caspian During the Years by Edmund O'Donovan (1882)
"... no tax ' movement—putrescent fish—A mutual misunderstanding—Wild boars and
jackals—Passage of swollen ..."
5. Edinburgh Medical Journal (1879)
"It speedily removes the putrescent odour proceeding from sloughing false-membranes,
the ugly things which used to be mistaken for gangrenous ulcerations of ..."
6. An Inaugural Dissertation on the Pathology of the Human Fluids by Jacob Dyckman (1814)
"Dissolved and putrescent State of the Blood. Beside the several morbid conditions
of blood which have already been noticed, there is another of a still more ..."
7. First Aid Dentistry by Edward P. R. Ryan (1914)
"putrescent PULP The difference between life and death, in any tissue, organ or
body, is very comprehensible and makes a great classification. ..."
8. An Essay on Calcareous Manures by Edmund Ruffin (1852)
"THE USE OP CALCAREOUS EARTH RECOMMENDED TO PRESERVE putrescent* MANURES, AND TO
PROMOTE CLEANLINESS AND HEALTH. THE operation of calcareous earth in ..."
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