Associations to the word «Putrefaction»
Noun
- Stench
- Decomposition
- Odour
- Germ
- Carcass
- Odor
- Decay
- Microorganism
- Corpse
- Rigor
- Bacterium
- Digestion
- Smell
- Vitality
- Corruption
- Onset
- Wound
- Flesh
- Worm
- Substance
- Yeast
- Preserve
- Arising
- Tissue
- Fungus
- Body
- Disease
- Organism
- Meat
- Fluid
- Larva
- Burial
- Vegetable
- Quantity
- Chemical
- Skeleton
- Heat
- Tendency
- Gas
- Surgeon
- Mud
- Process
- Animal
- Dead
- Cause
- Matter
- Atmosphere
- Infection
- Blood
- Essay
- Arrest
- Seed
- Protein
- Solution
- Creature
- Death
- Condition
- Stage
- Soil
- Observation
- Experiment
- Fish
- Factor
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
PUTREFACTION, noun. The act of causing to rot; the anaerobic splitting of proteins by bacteria and fungi with the formation of malodorous, incompletely oxidized products.
PUTREFACTION, noun. Rotten material.
PUTREFACTION, noun. The state of being rotten.
Dictionary definition
PUTREFACTION, noun. A state of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor.
PUTREFACTION, noun. (biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action.
PUTREFACTION, noun. 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".
Wise words
Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at
least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are
nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to
build something with them; they do not win their true
meaning until one knows how to apply them.