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Putrefactive

Putrefactive Meaning & Definition
Putrefactive Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Putrefactive?

[adj] causing or promoting bacterial putrefaction

Synonyms | Synonyms for Putrefactive: putrefacient | septic

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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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