putrefy

English

Verb

putrefy (third-person singular simple present putrefies, present participle putrefying, simple past and past participle putrefied)

1. To become filled with a pus-like or bile-like substance.
2. To reach an advanced stage of decomposition.
3. To become gangrenous.

Synonyms

• decay
• fester
• rot

Related terms

• putrid
• putrescent
• putrefaction
• putrescence

Translations

become filled with a pus-like or bile-like substance

• Maori: whakaero (mi)

to reach an advanced stage of decomposition

to become gangrenous

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Translations to be checked

• Spanish: pudrirse (es)

See also

• Gangrene on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Gangrene