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Definition: Putrefaction |
PutrefactionNoun1. Decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor. 2. (biology) decaying caused by bacterial or fungal action. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "putrefaction" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1601. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Environment | Biological decomposition of organic matter; associated with anaerobic conditions. (references) |
Medicine | The process of decomposition of animal and vegetable matter by living organisms. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A process of decomposition of organic substances that occurs in the presence of water and with the complete exclusion of air. It is a kind of slow distillation whereby chiefly methane (CH4 ) and smaller quantities of other gaseous products, such as hydrogen (H2 ), ammonia (NH3 ), and hydrogen sulfide (H2 S), are formed.CF:disintegration. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: PutrefactionSynonyms: decomposition (n), rot (n), rotting (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Uncleanness | Defilement, contamination; Verb: defoedation; soilure, soiliness; abomination; leaven; taint, tainture; fetor. decay; putrescence, putrefaction; corruption; mold, must, mildew, dry rot, mucor, rubigo. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Putrefaction |
| English words defined with "putrefaction": Amylobacter, Antiputrescent, Antiseptical ♦ Butyric fermentation ♦ cadaverine, corruption, Corruption of blood ♦ Indol ♦ Leucin ♦ Parvolin, Putredinous, putrefacient, putrefactive, Putrefactive fermentation, putrescence, Putrescin, putrid, putridness, Putrification, Putrilage ♦ rottenness ♦ Sepsin, septic, Septical, Septically, Septicity, Skatol ♦ Tyrosin. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "putrefaction": Methylguanidine ♦ sapropelic coal. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "putrefaction": sepsis. (references) |
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| "Putrefaction" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Putrefaction" is used about 31 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 31 | 62,296 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
putrefaction | 8 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "putrefaction"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | zhezhitje (putridity, rottenness), kalbje (caries, decay, rot, taint), kalbëzim (canker, corruption). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | فساد (blight, corruption, decay, decomposition, degeneration, depravation, depravity, deterioration, disintegration, dry rot, immorality, invalidity, perversion, perversity, putridity, rot, rottenness), تعفن (corruption, decay, decompose, decomposition, infection, mildew, mold, molder, moldiness, mould, moulder, mouldiness, mustiness, perish, putrefy, putrescence, putridity, rot, sweat), عفن (corrupt, decay, decompose, frowsty, fusty, mildew, mold, mould, musty, obnoxious, putrefy, putrid, rank, reek, rotten, septic, spoilt, stale, taint), إنحلال (decadence, decay, degeneracy, degeneration, degradation, disintegration, dissolution, foulness, laxity, loosestrife, putridity, resolution, solution). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | разложена материя (putrescence), разложение (corruption, decomposition, putridity), гниене (corruption, decay, rot), гнилост (putrescence, putridity, putridness, rot, rottenness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 腐败物. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | hnití (decay), hniloba (putridity, rot). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | forrådnelse (decay, fermentation, rot). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | verrotting (decay, decomposition, rot), rotting (digestion, rattan, rot). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | فساد (Corruption, Decadence, Decay, Degeneration, Depravity, Immorality, Pus, Spoil, Turpitude, Vice), پوسیدگی (Decay), گندیدگی , تعفن (Stench, Stink), عفونت . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | mätäneminen (decay, rotting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | putréfaction. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Fäulnis (decadence, decay, degeneracy, putrescence, rot, rottenness, sepsis), Verwesung (decay, decomposition). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σηπτικότησ (septicity), σηπτικότητα (septicity), σήψις (rot), σήψη (decay, putridity, sepsis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מקק (gangrene, rot, sphacelus), רקבון (corrosion, corruption, decay, moldiness, putrescence, rankness, rot, rottenness), רקבובית (moldiness, mouldiness, muck, mustiness), רקב (decay, gangrene, putridity, rot, rotten), מק (decay, putrefactive, rot). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | rothadás (corruption, decay, dry-rot, putrescence, rot), feloszlás (dissolution, festering). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | pembusukan (decaying, disintegration). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | putrefazione (corruption, decay, rot, rottenness), marciume (rot, rottenness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | loauid (cariousness, foulness, putridity, rot, rottenness, staleness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | utrefactionpay putrefacção (rot), putrefação (decomposition, rot, rottenness). (various references) putrezire (decay, rot), descompunere (decay, decomposition, degradation, dissolution, resolution, rottenness, rotting). (various references) моральное разложение (dry rot, putridity). (various references) truljenje (caries, decay, decomposition, moldering, mouldering, rotting). (various references) putrefacción (corruption, decay, depravation, putrescence, rot, rottenness, taint). (various references) förruttnelse (corruption, decomposition, putrefactation, putrefraction). (various references) การเน่าเปื่อย (putrescence). (various references) leş (carcass, carrion), kokuşmuş şey, kokuşma (taint), kokma, bozulma (breach, breakdown, breakup, confusion, corrosion, corruption, decay, declension, decomposition, deformation, degeneration, degradation, derogation, deterioration, devolution, disfiguration, disfigurement, disruption, dissolution, impairment, infection, pollution, rancidity, rancidness, rottenness, shipwreck, spoilage, taint, undoing, upset), çürüme (corruption, decay, decomposition, dry rot, rot, rottenness). (various references) гниття (decay, decomposition, putrescence, rot), гнилість (rottenness), моральний розклад (dry rot). (various references) vật thối rữa sự đ"i bại, vật thối nát, sự thối rữa, sự sa đoạ (debauch). (various references) pydrni (rottenness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | sepsis. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | putredine, putredinem, putredini, putredo, tabe, tabee, tabita, tabitas. (various references) |
| Avestan | 200-600 | pivatica. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "putrefaction": putrefactions. (additional references) | |
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"Putrefaction" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: putrefacation. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "putrefaction" (pronounced 'Pu`tre*fac"tion'): Abacination, Abaction, Abalienation, Abarticulation, Abbreviation, Abdication, Abduction, Aberration, Abevacuation, Abirritation, Abjection, Abjudication, Abjuration, Ablactation, Ablaqueation, Ablation, Ablegation, Abligurition, Abnegation, Abnodation, Abolition, Abomination, Abortion, Abreaction, Abrenunciation, Abreption, Abrogation, Abruption, Absentation, Absolution, Absorbition, Absorption, Abstention, Abstraction, Absumption, Accentuation, Acceptation, Acceptilation, Acception, Acclimatation, Acclimation, Acclimatization, Accombination, Accommodation, Accreditation, Accrementition, Accretion, Accubation, Accusation, Acervation. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-f-i-n-o-p-r-t-t-u" | |
-2 letters: eructation, precaution, refutation, reputation. | |
-3 letters: carnotite, confiture, crepitant, fornicate, fortunate, furcation. | |
-4 letters: anoretic, anuretic, apocrine, atropine, caponier, confetti, confuter, contrite, coparent, courante, creation, entropic, eruption, fetation, fraction, inceptor, infector, interact, intercut, neurotic, operatic, outcaper, outpaint, outprice, outrance, patentor, pinafore, pittance, portance, printout, procaine, protatic, punctate, reaction, reoutfit, taciturn, taconite, tincture, toreutic, traction, trapunto. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-f-i-n-o-p-r-t-t-u" | |
+1 letter: putrefactions. | |
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