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Capable of putrefaction; liable to become putrid; as, putrescible substances.

A nontoxic diamine, C4H12N2, formed in the putrefaction of the flesh of mammals and some other animals.

r decay; decomposed; rotten; -- said of animal or vegetable matter; as, putrid flesh. See Putrefaction.

The quality of being putrid; putrefaction; rottenness.

Putrefaction.

That which is undergoing putrefaction; the products of putrefaction.

Process of rotting; decay; putrefaction.

A soluble poison (ptomaine) present in putrid blood. It is also formed in the putrefaction of proteid matter in general.

A substance that promotes putrefaction.

Having power to promote putrefaction.

In a septic manner; in a manner tending to promote putrefaction.

Tendency to putrefaction; septic quality.

A constituent of human fæces formed in the small intestines as a product of the putrefaction of albuminous matter. It is also found in reduced indigo. Chemically it is methyl indol, C9H9N.

To be affected with incipient putrefaction; as, meat soon taints in warm weather.

m the decomposition of proteid matter by various means, -- as by pancreatic digestion, by putrefaction as of cheese, by the action of boiling acids, etc. Chemically, it consists of oxyphenol and amidopropionic acid, and by decomposition yields oxybenzoic acid, or some other benzol derivative. [Written also tyrosine.]…