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Putrefaction

//ˌpjuːtɹəˈfækʃən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act of causing to rot; the anaerobic splitting of proteins by bacteria and fungi with the formation of malodorous, incompletely oxidized products. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles wordnet
  3. 3
    Rotten material. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    (biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action wordnet
  5. 5
    The state of being rotten. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    a state of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor wordnet

Etymology

First attested between 1350 and 1400 from Middle English putrefaccioun, from Old French putrefaccïon, from Latin putrefactiō, from putrefactus, perfect passive participle of putrefaciō (“become rotten”)

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