putrefaction

See also: putréfaction

English

Etymology

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First attested between 1350 and 1400 from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English putrefaccioun, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin putrefactiō, from putrefactus, perfect passive participle of putrefaciō (“become rotten”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌpjuːtɹəˈfækʃən/

Noun

putrefaction (countable and uncountable, plural putrefactions)

1. The act of causing to rot; the anaerobic splitting of proteins by bacteria and fungi with the formation of malodorous, incompletely oxidized products.
2. Rotten material.
3. The state of being rotten.

Related terms

• putrescent
• putrefactive
• putrefacient
• putrefy
• putrid

Translations

the act of causing to rot

• Finnish: mädätys (fi), mädättäminen (fi), mädännyttäminen
• French: putréfaction (fr) f
• Galician: putrefacción (gl) m
• Greek: σήψη (el) f (sípsi), αποσύνθεση (el) f (aposýnthesi), σάπισμα (el) n (sápisma)

  Ancient: σῆψις f (sêpsis)

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• Ido: putro (io)
• Romanian: putrefacție (ro) f, putreziciune (ro) f
• Swedish: förruttnelse (sv) c

rotted material

• Finnish: mätä (fi)
• Galician: podremia f, podrén f, podredume f
• Latin: tābēs f
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• Russian: гниль (ru) f (gnilʹ), гнильё (ru) n (gnilʹjó)

the state of being rotted

• Finnish: mädäntyminen (fi), mätäneminen (fi)
• Maori: whakaeronga
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• Russian: гние́ние (ru) n (gnijénije)

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Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin putrefactiō.

Noun

putrefaction oblique singular, f (oblique plural putrefactions, nominative singular putrefaction, nominative plural putrefactions)

1. (medicine) rot; rottenness