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putrefaction

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See also: putréfaction

English

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Etymology

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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)[1]

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Noun

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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.
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Old French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin putrefactiō.

Noun

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putrefaction oblique singularf (oblique plural putrefactions, nominative singular putrefaction, nominative plural putrefactions)

  1. (medicine) rot; rottenness