PUTREFACTIVE

putrefactive, putrefacient

(adjective) causing or promoting bacterial putrefaction

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

putrefactive (comparative more putrefactive, superlative most putrefactive)

Of, pertaining to, or causing putrefaction.

Source: Wiktionary


Pu`tre*fac"tive, a. Etym: [Cf. putréfactif. See Putrefy.]

1. Of or pertaining to putrefaction; as, the putrefactive smell or process. Wiseman.

2. Causing, or tending to promote, putrefaction.

– Pu``tre*fac"tive*ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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