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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. in a state of progressive putrefaction;
[syn: putrescence, putridness, rottenness, corruption]

2. the quality of rotting and becoming putrid;
[syn: putrescence, rottenness]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Putrescence \Pu*tres"cence\, n.
   The state of being putrescent; putrescent matter.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

putrescence
    n 1: in a state of progressive putrefaction [syn: putrescence,
         putridness, rottenness, corruption]
    2: the quality of rotting and becoming putrid [syn:
       putrescence, rottenness]