Definition of putrefaction Putrefaction
pu•tre•fac•tion
We found 9 definitions of putrefaction from 4 different sources.
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What does putrefaction mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: putrefactions |
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| putrefaction - a state of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor | ||
| rot | ||
| decay the organic phenomenon of rotting | ||
| putrefaction - (biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action | ||
| decomposition, rot, rotting | ||
| decay the organic phenomenon of rotting | ||
| biological science, biology the science that studies living organisms | ||
| putrefaction - 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" | ||
| corruption, degeneracy, depravation, depravity | ||
| immorality the quality of not being in accord with standards of right or good conduct; "the immorality of basing the defense of the West on the threat of mutual assured destruction" | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- putrefaction (n.)
The act or the process of putrefying; the offensive decay of albuminous or other matter. - putrefaction (n.)
The condition of being putrefied; also, that which putrefied.
Part of speech
🔤- putrefaction, noun, singular of putrefactions.
