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  • noun Plural form of putrefaction.

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Examples

  • And the dissimilar and varied configurations which bodies by continuance put on, such as putrefactions, are destroyed by fire or any violent heat.

    The New Organon 2005

  • Necrosis means death of cells and gangrene means pus formation also called putrefactions) and resultant damage in the feet, in >

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  • They were cloven, it was true, but the cleavages were great ulcers and livid putrefactions.

    Koolau the Leper 2010

  • And therefore continuance in an open vessel is best for separations; in a vessel quite closed for commixtures; in a vessel partly closed, but with the air entering, for putrefactions.

    The New Organon 2005

  • Now the discharge or emission of the spirit is made manifest to the sense in the rust of metals and other similar putrefactions which stop short before they come to the rudiments of life; for these belong to the third kind of process.

    The New Organon 2005

  • But if it be met by various obstacles there follow putrefactions, which are the rudiments of a new generation.

    The New Organon 2005

  • This habit is especially beneficial for meat-eaters, for the fruit meal will provide active enzymes, fresh fibrous bulk and fruit acids to help clean the by-products of putrefactions from the intenstinal tract and bloodstream.

    The Tao of Health, Sex and Longevity Daniel Reid 1989

  • Now, scarcely any one of those who study fermentations, properly so-called, and putrefactions, ever pay any attention to the preceding data. ...

    The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology) Various

  • Now, these organisms are universally present in enormous numbers, and ever rapidly increasing in all moist putrefactions over the surface of the globe.

    Scientific American Supplement, No. 470, January 3, 1885 Various

  • All ordinary fermentations and putrefactions are due to mould fungi, yeast plants, or bacteria, and liquids undergoing these processes carry these fungi and their germs wherever they go.

    Scientific American Supplement, No. 362, December 9, 1882 Various

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