putrefactive
AdjectiveSynonyms:
putrefacient
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Adjective (1)
- causing or promoting bacterial putrefactionSynonyms: putrefacientOpposite antisepticSimilar septic, infected
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Pu′tre·fac′tive adjective
Origin: Cf. putréfactif. See Putrefy.
1. Of or pertaining to putrefaction; as, the putrefactive smell or process. Richard Wiseman
2. Causing, or tending to promote, putrefaction.
— Pu′wb-a2′>′′wb-a2′>′tre·fac′wb-a1′>′tive·ness, noun
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54