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putréfaction — meaning in English

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English meaning

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

Senses

putréfaction is used for these senses in English:

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

putrefaction — full definition

  1. noun The act of causing to rot; the anaerobic splitting of proteins by bacteria and fungi with the formation of malodorous, incompletely oxidized products.
  2. noun Rotten material.
  3. noun The state of being rotten.
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