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putrifaction

putrifaction is the obsolete spelling 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.

Forms of putrifaction

pluralputrifactions

Questions about putrifaction

What is putrifaction the obsolete spelling of?
Putrifaction is the obsolete spelling of putrefaction.

Words near putrifaction in the dictionary

  1. putridities
  2. putridity
  3. putridly
  4. putridness
  5. putrifacted
  6. putrifaction
  7. putrifiable
  8. putrification
  9. putrifications
  10. putrified
  11. putrifies

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