Putrefactive

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Putrefactive \Pu`tre*fac"tive\, a. [Cf. putr['e]factif. See
     {Putrefy}.]
     1. Of or pertaining to putrefaction; as, the putrefactive
        smell or process. --Wiseman.
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     2. Causing, or tending to promote, putrefaction.
        [1913 Webster] -- {Pu``tre*fac"tive*ness}, n.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  putrefactive
       adj : causing or promoting bacterial putrefaction [syn: {putrefacient}]