Putrefaction synonyms

pyo͝o'trə-făk'shən

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rot
Rot means something decayed or decomposed.
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decomposition
(--- Biology) Breakdown or decay of organic materials.
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corruption
(Computing) The destruction of data by manipulation of parts of it, either by deliberate or accidental human action or by imperfections in storage or transmission media.
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decay
Decay is defined as rotted matter or the state of rotting, deteriorating or declining.
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deterioration
The process of growing worse, or the state of having grown worse.
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disintegration
(Nuclear Physics) Any change in a nucleus of an atom, whether spontaneous or induced, in which one or more particles, photons, etc. are emitted
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rottenness
The quality of being rotten.
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spoilage
The part of something that has spoiled.
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better (related)
Advantage
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thrive (related)
The condition of being decayed
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degeneracy
(Genetics) The presence in the genetic code of multiple codons for the same amino acid.
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depravation
Change for the worse; deterioration; morbid perversion.
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depravity
A depraved condition; corruption; wickedness
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rotting
The process by which something rots.
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putrefy (related)
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putrid (related)
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effluvium (related)
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putrescence
The condition of being putrid; decay
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Putrefaction Sentence Examples

  • Bacon describes oak-apples as " an exudation of plants joined with putrefaction."

  • If organic matter were first sterilized and then prevented from contamination from without, putrefaction did not occur, and the matter remained free from microbes.

  • In 1697 Georg Stahl admitted that fermentation and putrefaction were analogous processes, but that the former was a particular case of the latter.

  • It is also produced during the putrefaction of organic substances containing sulphur and is found among the products obtained in the destructive distillation of coal.

  • In the end much inorganic nitrogen salts must be added to the sea both in the above way and as the result of the putrefaction of the dead substance of terrestrial animals and plants.

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