PUTRESCENCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does putrescence mean? 

• PUTRESCENCE (noun)
  The noun PUTRESCENCE has 2 senses:

1. in a state of progressive putrefaction

2. the quality of rotting and becoming putrid

  Familiarity information: PUTRESCENCE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PUTRESCENCE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In a state of progressive putrefaction

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

corruption; putrescence; putridness; rottenness

Hypernyms ("putrescence" is a kind of...):

putrefaction; rot (a state of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor)

Derivation:

putrescent (becoming putrid)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The quality of rotting and becoming putrid

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

putrescence; rottenness

Hypernyms ("putrescence" is a kind of...):

morbidity; morbidness; unwholesomeness (the quality of being unhealthful and generally bad for you)

Derivation:

putrescent (becoming putrid)

putrid (in an advanced state of decomposition and having a foul odor)

 Context examples 

An aziridinyl-substituted cyclophosphazene and a putrescence derivative that may cause DNA cross-linkage.

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