Definitionn. a state of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor
Last update: June 13, 2015
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The dead tissue then separates from the surrounding living tissue and undergoes putrefaction (pus formation). [noun]
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Directly Rostov entered the door he was enveloped by a smell of putrefaction and hospital air. [noun]
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Their wounds and stumps, being neglected, contracted filth and putrefaction, and millions of maggots were hatched amidst the corruption of their sores. [noun]
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The alchemists used the terms fermentation, digestion and putrefaction indiscriminately; any reaction in which chemical energy was displayed in some form or other - such, for instance, as the effervescence occasioned by the addition of an acid to an alkaline solution - was described as a fermentation (Lat. [Please select]
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, the action of bacteria, premature putrefaction, oxidation, excess of moisture, the action of enzymes, etc. [Please select]
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Behind there was the intense smell of putrefaction which filled the trench--almost unbearably. [Please select]
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At length, after six or seven weeks' lethargy, real death supervenes, together with its comrade, putrefaction. [Please select]
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The old Commoner's powerful mouth became rigid, and the lower lip bulged: "Conservatism--fossil putrefaction." [Please select]
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