podre — meaning in English
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English meaning
- pus noun A thick yellowish-white fluid made up of dead white blood cells and bacteria that forms at the site of an infection.
- 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.
- rot verb To decay or break down through the action of bacteria or fungi.
Senses
podre is used for these senses in English:
- pus (medicine, pathology) A whitish-yellow or yellow substance composed primarily of dead white blood cells and dead pyogenic bacteria, normally found in regions of bacterial infection.
- putrefaction The act of causing to rot; the anaerobic splitting of proteins by bacteria and fungi with the formation of malodorous, incompletely oxidized products.
- rot The process of becoming rotten; putrefaction.
putrefaction — full definition
- noun The act of causing to rot; the anaerobic splitting of proteins by bacteria and fungi with the formation of malodorous, incompletely oxidized products.
- noun Rotten material.
- noun The state of being rotten.