Medical Dictionary
putrefaction
noun pu·tre·fac·tion \ˌpyü-trə-ˈfak-shən\
Medical Definition of PUTREFACTION
1
: the decomposition of organic matter; especially : the typically anaerobic splitting of proteins by bacteria and fungi with the formation of foul-smelling incompletely oxidized products
2
: the state of being putrefied
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