different between putrefacient vs putrefaction

English

Etymology

Latin p?trefacient

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?pjut???fe???nt/

Adjective

putrefacient (comparative more putrefacient, superlative most putrefacient)

1. Of, pertaining to, or causing putrefaction.

Noun

putrefacient (plural putrefacients)

1. That which causes putrefaction.

Latin

Verb

putrefacient

1. third-person plural future active indicative of putrefaci?

English

Etymology

First attested between 1350 and 1400 from Middle English putrefaccioun, from Old French putrefaccïon, from Latin putrefacti?, from putrefactus, perfect passive participle of putrefaci? (“become rotten”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pju?t???fæk??n/

Noun

putrefaction (countable and uncountable, plural putrefactions)

1. The act of causing to rot; the anaerobic splitting of proteins by bacteria and fungi with the formation of malodorous, incompletely oxidized products.
2. Rotten material.
3. The state of being rotten.

Related terms

• putrescent
• putrefactive
• putrefacient
• putrefy
• putrid

Translations

References

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin putrefacti?.

Noun

putrefaction f (oblique plural putrefactions, nominative singular putrefaction, nominative plural putrefactions)

1. (medicine) rot; rottenness