Putrefaction definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary PUTREFAC'TION, n. [L. putrefactio ... disorganized and dissolved, or reduced to their original separate elements. Putrefaction is greatly accelerated by heat and moisture. WordNet (r) 3 ... state of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor [syn: putrefaction, rot] 2: (biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action [syn: decomposition, rot, rotting, putrefaction] 3: moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles; "the ... its opium parlors, its depravity"; "Rome had fallen into moral putrefaction" [syn: corruption, degeneracy, depravation, depravity, putrefaction] Merriam Webster's noun Etymology: Middle English putrefaccion, from ...
... the component parts, or by disorganization, in the process of putrefaction. Thou wilt not suffer thy holy One to see corruption ... Putrid matter; pus. 3. Putrescence; a foul state occasioned by putrefaction. 4. Depravity; wickedness; perversion or deterioration of moral principles; loss ... corruption] [ant: incorruption, incorruptness] 2: in a state of progressive putrefaction [syn: putrescence, putridness, rottenness, corruption] 3: decay of matter (as ... its opium parlors, its depravity"; "Rome had fallen into moral putrefaction" [syn: corruption, degeneracy, depravation, depravity, putrefaction] 5: destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or ... corrupt or putrid; decomposition or disorganization, in the process of putrefaction; putrefaction; deterioration. The inducing and accelerating of putrefaction is ...
... definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary PUTREFAC'TIVE, a. Pertaining to putrefaction; as the putrefactive smell or process. 1. Tending to promote putrefaction; causing putrefaction. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: causing or promoting bacterial putrefaction [syn: putrefactive, putrefacient] Merriam Webster's adjective see putrefaction Webster's 1913 Dictionary Putrefactive Pu`tre*fac"tive, a ... putr['e]factif. See Putrefy.] 1. Of or pertaining to putrefaction; as, the putrefactive smell or process. --Wiseman. 2. Causing, ...
... to be produced from eggs swallowed with their food. 2. Putrefaction; putrid decay. 3. Dry rot, in timber, the decay of ... state of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor [syn: putrefaction, rot] 2: (biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action [syn: decomposition, rot, rotting, putrefaction] 3: unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements) [syn: bunk, bunkum ... 1913 Dictionary Rot Rot, n. 1. Process of rotting; decay; putrefaction. 2. (Bot.) A disease or decay in fruits, leaves, or ... dry rot Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms I. n. Putrefaction, corruption, decomposition, decay. II. v. n. 1. Putrefy, corrupt, decompose ... obscenity, ordure, paratuberculosis, pervert, pest, piffle, pip, poppycock, pseudotuberculosis, pus, putrefaction, putrefy, putresce, putrescence, putrid matter, putridity, putridness, quarter evil, ...
... TIC, a. [Gr. putrid, from to putrify.] Opposing or counteracting putrefaction. ANTISEP'TIC, n. A medicine which resists or corrects putrefaction, as acids, stimulants, saline substances, astringents, etc. WordNet (r) 3 ... s?ptikos putrefying, septic Date: 1751 1. a. opposing sepsis, putrefaction, or decay; especially preventing or arresting the growth of microorganisms ... Antiseptical An`ti*sep"tic*al, a. Counteracting or preventing putrefaction, or a putrescent tendency in the system; antiputrefactive. Antiseptic surgery ... ti*sep"tic, n. A substance which prevents or retards putrefaction, or destroys, or protects from, putrefactive organisms; as, salt, carbolic ...
... the body; malignant; as a putrid fever. 2. Proceeding from putrefaction or pertaining to it; as a putrid scent. WordNet (r ... 2005) adj 1: of or relating to or attended by putrefaction; "putrid decomposition" 2: in an advanced state of decomposition and ... foul Date: 1542 1. a. being in a state of putrefaction ; rotten b. of, relating to, or characteristic of putrefaction ; foul < a putrid odor > 2. a. morally corrupt b. totally ... said of animal or vegetable matter; as, putrid flesh. See Putrefaction. 2. Indicating or proceeding from a decayed state of animal ...
... to taint sound lungs. 4. To corrupt, as by incipient putrefaction; as tainted meat. 5. To stain; to sully; to tarnish ... cannot taint with fear. 1. To be affected with incipient putrefaction. Meat soon taints in warm weather. TAINT, n. Tincture; stain ... morally ; corrupt < scholarship tainted by envy > 2. to affect with putrefaction ; spoil 3. to touch or affect slightly with something bad ... 1. obsolete to become weak 2. to become affected with putrefaction ; spoil Synonyms: see contaminate II. noun Date: 1601 a contaminating ... taint with fear. --Shak. 2. To be affected with incipient putrefaction; as, meat soon taints in warm weather. Webster's 1913 ...
... corrupt or putrid; decomposition or disorganization, in the process of putrefaction; putrefaction; deterioration. The inducing and accelerating of putrefaction is a subject of very universal inquiry; for corruption is ... be removed only by act of Parliament. --Blackstone. Syn: Putrescence; putrefaction; defilement; contamination; deprivation; debasement; adulteration; depravity; taint. See Depravity.
... ant: antiseptic] 2: of or relating to or caused by putrefaction; "the septic action occurs at the bottom of the septic ... to putrefy Date: 1605 1. of, relating to, or causing putrefaction 2. relating to, involving, caused by, or affected with sepsis ... to make putrid: cf. F. septique.] Having power to promote putrefaction. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Septic Sep"tic, n. A substance that promotes putrefaction. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary If a wound or a part ...
... into the constituent elements. 1. Pertaining to the process of putrefaction; as a putrescent smell. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj ... grow rotten, inchoative of putr?re Date: 1732 1. undergoing putrefaction ; becoming putrid 2. of or relating to putrefaction Oxford Reference Dictionary adj. 1 in the process of rotting ... core. --Motley. 2. Of or pertaining to the process of putrefaction; as, a putrescent smell.
... Mortify.] 1. In medicine and surgery, the death and consequent putrefaction of one part of any animal body, while the rest ... The dissolution of the whole body after death, is called putrefaction. 2. In Scripture, the act of subduing the passions and ... penitence, penitential act, penitential exercise, purgation, purgatory, puritanism, put-down, putrefaction, putrescence, putridity, putridness, rancidity, rancidness, rankness, repentance, rigor, rot, rottenness ...
... virtues of natural bodies. 2. Proceeding from or generated by putrefaction; as septic acid. SEP'TIC, n. A substance that promotes the putrefaction of bodies. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Septic Sep"tic, Septical ... to make putrid: cf. F. septique.] Having power to promote putrefaction.
... colorless toxic ptomaine with an unpleasant odor formed during the putrefaction of animal tissue Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1887 a ... poisonous ptomaine C5H14N2 formed by decarboxylation of lysine especially in putrefaction of flesh Webster's 1913 Dictionary Cadaverine Ca*dav"er ... A sirupy, nontoxic ptomaine, C5H14N2 (chemically pentamethylene diamine), formed in putrefaction of flesh, etc.
... Dictionary Putrilage Pu"tri*lage, n. [F. putrilage, L. putrilago putrefaction.] That which is undergoing putrefaction; the products of putrefaction.
... of flesh or animal bodies, when the parts separate by putrefaction. Dissolution then is, 1. The act of liquefying or changing ... 3. The separation of the parts of a body by putrefaction, or the analysis of the natural structure of mixed bodies ... of English Synonyms n. 1. Liquefaction, melting, solution. 2. Decomposition, putrefaction. 3. Death, disease, extinction of life. 4. Destruction, overthrow, ruin ...