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Definition of Putrescible
1. Adjective. Liable to decay or spoil or become putrid.
Definition of Putrescible
1. a. Capable of putrefaction; liable to become putrid; as, putrescible substances.
2. n. A substance, usually nitrogenous, which is liable to undergo decomposition when in contact with air and moisture at ordinary temperatures.
Definition of Putrescible
1. Adjective. Capable of becoming putrescent; rottable. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Putrescible
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Putrescible
Literary usage of Putrescible
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Treatment and Utilisation of Sewage by William Henry Corfield (1887)
"of this process shows that while it "separates the whole of the suspended matters,
it not only fails to remove increases the putrescible organic matters in ..."
2. The Treatment and Utilisation of Sewage by William Henry Corfield (1887)
"of this process shows that while it "separates the whole of the suspended matters,
it not only fails to remove the putrescible organic matters in solution, ..."
3. Annual of Scientific Discovery: Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells (1867)
"The putrescible liquid thus becomes the scat of two kinds of action, very distinct,
and which are in relation to the physiological functions of the two ..."
4. American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and ...by William Nicholson by William Nicholson (1821)
"... with animal gelatine, or glue, a yellowish abundant precipitate, insoluble in
water, not putrescible, which becomes hard and brittle by drying; ..."
5. Sanitary Engineering: A Series of Lectures Given Before the School of by John Bailey Denton (1877)
"... AIR BY THE UNDER-DRAINAGE OF THE SOIL SURROUNDING AND BENEATH DWELLINGS, AN
OBJECT ONLY INFERIOR IN IMPORTANCE TO THE REMOVAL OF putrescible MATTERS. ..."
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