putrefação — meaning in English
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English meaning
- decay verb To rot or gradually break down, especially of organic matter.
- putrefaction noun The process by which bacteria and fungi break down proteins without oxygen, producing a foul smell as matter rots.
Senses
putrefação is used for these senses in English:
- decay (ecology, medicine) The process or result of being gradually decomposed; rot, decomposition.
- putrefaction The act of causing to rot; the anaerobic splitting of proteins by bacteria and fungi with the formation of malodorous, incompletely oxidized products.
decay — full definition
- verb To rot or gradually break down, especially of organic matter.
- verb To decline gradually in quality, strength, or condition.
- noun The process or result of rotting or gradual deterioration.
- noun In physics, the process by which an unstable atomic nucleus or particle breaks down over time.
putrefaction — full definition
- noun The process by which bacteria and fungi break down proteins without oxygen, producing a foul smell as matter rots.
- noun Matter that has rotted.
- noun The condition of having rotted.
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