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putrefaction::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | rot |
| Type of | decay |
| Has types | corruption, rottenness, putrescence, putridness |
| Derivation | putrefy |
putrefaction::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | breakdown, decomposition, rot, rotting |
| Type of | decay |
| Derivation | putrefy |
putrefaction::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | corruption, degeneracy, depravation, depravity |
| Type of | immorality |
Rome had fallen into moral putrefaction.
Examples of putrefaction
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His sooty origins have become as nothing to the putrefaction of his workdays.
From the time.com
But there was always a race between tenderness and downright putrefaction.
From the orlandosentinel.com
It is formed during putrefaction of biological tissues by the dehydration of choline.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Here were gore-spattered battles and scenes of putrefaction and disease.
From the economist.com
Additionally, dead larvae will remain rubbery and do not undergo putrefaction after death.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Yet somehow the idea has been reused classily enough to avoid the putrefaction into cliche.
From the guardian.co.uk
Like Buckingham's The Rehearsal, it has insufficient vitality to save it from putrefaction.
From the guardian.co.uk
The formation of adipocere slows decomposition by inhibiting the bacteria that cause putrefaction.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Material that is subject to putrefaction is called putrescible.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- A state of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor
- Decomposition: (biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action
- Corruption: moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles; "the luxury and corruption among the upper classes"; "moral degeneracy followed intellectual degeneration"; "its brothels, its opium parlors, its depravity"; "Rome had fallen into moral putrefaction"
- Putrefaction is the decomposition of animal proteins, especially by anaerobic microorganisms, described as putrefying bacteria. Decomposition is a more general process. Putrefaction usually results in amines such as putrescine and cadaverine, which have a putrid odor. ...
- The act of causing to rot; the anaerobic splitting of proteins by bacteria and fungi with the formation of malodorous, incompletely oxidized products; rotted material; the state of being rotted
- The decomposition of the body upon death which causes discoloration and the formation of a foul smelling product.
- Destruction of corpse by own bacteria.
- The decomposition (rotting) of organic matter caused by microbes and oxidation.
- Biological decomposition of organic matter, with the production of ill smelling and tasting products, associated with anaerobic (no oxygen present) conditions.
