About The Word Putrefactive
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Putrefactive
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What's The Definition Of Putrefactive?
[adj] causing or promoting bacterial putrefaction
Synonyms | Synonyms for Putrefactive: putrefacient | septic Related Terms | Find terms related to Putrefactive: See Also | Putrefactive In Webster's Dictionary \Pu`tre*fac"tive\, a. [Cf. putr['e]factif. See
{Putrefy}.]
1. Of or pertaining to putrefaction; as, the putrefactive
smell or process. --Wiseman.
2. Causing, or tending to promote, putrefaction. --
{Pu``tre*fac"tive*ness}, n.
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