Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
putrefactive . - noun An agent or a substance that produces putrefaction.
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- adjective Of, pertaining to, or causing
putrefaction
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective causing or promoting bacterial putrefaction
Etymologies
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Coined from putrefaction and -ent
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Examples
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For cutting, excising, sewing, binding, applying putrefacient means to the anus, - all these appear to be very formidable things, and yet, after all, they are not attended with mischief.
On Hemorrhoids 2007
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