putrefaction

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He hurried northwards, and when he had gone about a hundred and fifty yards he turned to the left, and then went north again It's here,' he muttered He was in the middle of that strange and sinister city within a city, that flat expanse of silence, decay, and putrefaction which is surrounded on every side by the pulsating arteries of London.

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  1. noun Decomposition of organic matter, especially protein, by microorganisms, resulting in production of foul-smelling matter.
  2. noun Putrefied matter.
  3. noun The condition of being putrefied.

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  1. Middle English putrefaccioun, from Late Latin putrefactiō, putrefactiōn-, from putrefactus, past participle of Latin putrefacere, to make rotten; see putrefy.

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  1. Also putrifaction; from Middle English putrifaccioun, from Old French putrefaction, French putrefaction = Provencal putrefaccio = Spanish putrefaccion = Portuguese putrefacção = Italian putrefazione, from Late Latin putrefactio(n-), from Latin putrefacere, past participle putrefactus, putrefy: see putrefy.
 

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/pjutrəˈfækʃən/
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