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putrefaction in Portuguese

putrefaction in Portuguese is putrefação — putrefaction means the process by which bacteria and fungi break down proteins without oxygen, producing a foul smell as matter rots.

putrefaction in Portuguese

putrefação
noun
The act of causing to rot; the anaerobic splitting of proteins by bacteria and fungi with the formation of malodorous, incompletely oxidized products.

What does "putrefaction" mean?

  1. noun The process by which bacteria and fungi break down proteins without oxygen, producing a foul smell as matter rots.
  2. noun Matter that has rotted.
  3. noun The condition of having rotted.
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What is "putrefaction" in Portuguese?
"putrefaction" in Portuguese is putrefação. putrefaction means: The process by which bacteria and fungi break down proteins without oxygen, producing a foul smell as matter rots.
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