putrefaction

See also: putréfaction

English

Etymology

First attested between 1350 and 1400 from Middle English putrefaccioun, from Old French, from Latin putrefactiō, from putrefactus, perfect passive participle of putrefaciō (“become rotten”)[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌpjuːtɹəˈfækʃən/

Noun

putrefaction (countable and uncountable, plural putrefactions)

  1. The act of causing to rot; the anaerobic splitting of proteins by bacteria and fungi with the formation of malodorous, incompletely oxidized products.
  2. Rotten material.
  3. The state of being rotten.

Translations

References

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin putrefactiō.

Noun

putrefaction f (oblique plural putrefactions, nominative singular putrefaction, nominative plural putrefactions)

  1. (medicine) rot; rottenness
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