putrefacción — meaning in English
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English meaning
- decay verb To rot or gradually break down, especially of organic matter.
- digestion noun The bodily process of breaking food down so it can be absorbed and used.
- 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
putrefacción is used for these senses in English:
- decay (ecology, medicine) The process or result of being gradually decomposed; rot, decomposition.
- digestion The processing of decay in organic matter assisted by microorganisms.
- 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.
digestion — full definition
- noun The bodily process of breaking food down so it can be absorbed and used.
- noun The mental process of taking in and understanding new information.