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putrefactions

putrefactions is the plural of putrefaction.

Meaning of putrefaction

Noun

putrefaction (countable and uncountable, plural putrefactions)

  1. The act of causing to rot; the anaerobic splitting of proteins by bacteria and fungi with the formation of malodorous, incompletely oxidized products.
  2. Rotten material.
  3. The state of being rotten.

Questions about putrefactions

What is putrefactions the plural of?
Putrefactions is the plural of putrefaction.

Words near putrefactions in the dictionary

  1. putrefacients
  2. putrefactant
  3. putrefactants
  4. putrefactible
  5. putrefaction
  6. putrefactions
  7. putrefactive
  8. putrefactiveness
  9. putrefiable
  10. putrefied
  11. putrefier

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