different between putrefactive vs putrefaction

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ækt?v

Adjective

putrefactive (comparative more putrefactive, superlative most putrefactive)

1. Of, pertaining to, or causing putrefaction.

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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

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References

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin putrefacti?.

Noun

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

1. (medicine) rot; rottenness