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PUTREFACTIVE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does putrefactive mean?
• PUTREFACTIVE (adjective)
The adjective PUTREFACTIVE has 1 sense:
1. causing or promoting bacterial putrefaction
Familiarity information: PUTREFACTIVE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Causing or promoting bacterial putrefaction
Synonyms:
putrefacient; putrefactive
Similar:
infected; septic (containing or resulting from disease-causing organisms)
Derivation:
putrefy (become putrid; decay with an offensive smell)
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