putrescence
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About Our Definitions: All forms of a word (noun, verb, etc.) are now displayed on one page.pu·tres·cence
noun \pyü-ˈtre-sən(t)s\Definition of PUTRESCENCE
: the state of being putrescent
Examples of PUTRESCENCE
- <in the far corner of the walk-in refrigerator was a crate of cucumbers in an advanced stage of putrescence>
First Known Use of PUTRESCENCE
1646
Related to PUTRESCENCE
- Synonyms
- breakdown, decay, decomposition, festering, putrefaction, corruption, rot, spoilage
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