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To become putrescent or putrid; to putrefy.

The state of being putrescent; putrescent matter.

Becoming putrid or rotten. Externally powerful, although putrescent at the core. Motley.

Counteracting, or preserving from, putrefaction; antiseptic.

Counteracting or preventing putrefaction, or a putrescent tendency in the system; antiputrefactive. Antiseptic surgery, that system of surgical practice which insists upon a systematic use of antiseptics in the performance of operations and the dressing of wounds.

Not liable to putrefaction; nonputrescent. -- n.

To change from a sound to a putrid or putrescent state; to make putrid; to putrefy.

a nontoxic base, C5H14N2, found in the putrescent matters of flesh, fish, decaying cheese, etc.

The poisoning of the system by the introduction of putrescent material into the blood.

A poisoned condition of the blood produced by the absorption into it of septic or putrescent material; blood poisoning. It is marked by chills, fever, prostration, and inflammation of the different serous membranes and of the lungs, kidneys, and other organs.

a sweet, white crystalline substance which is valuable as a food product, and, being antiputrescent, is largely used in the preservation of fruit. Called also saccharose, cane sugar, etc. By extension, any one of the class of isomeric substances (as lactose, maltose, etc.) of which sucrose proper is the type.…

wholesome state. Specifically: (a) Not sour; as, sweet milk or bread. (b) Not state; not putrescent or putrid; not rancid; as, sweet butter; sweet meat or fish.