0 past simple and past participle of putrefy
1 to decay, producing a strong, unpleasant smell:
The body had putrefied beyond recognition.
The landfills around the city wall emitted smells because 'they contain poisonous organic matter' which putrefied (especially during the rains).
Avicenna caused by a putrefied phlegmatic ulcer (apostemata phlegmaticum) within the skull (fullness of the stomach, overdrinking, and excessive consumption of onions may trigger the process of putrefaction).
Herring is fermented and putrefied in a barrel with not enough salt to cure it.
He would eat putrefied game before allowing new food to be bought.
Within minutes, he had uncovered putrefied flesh and a human arm bone.
Spraints are typically identified by smell and are known for their distinct aromas, the smell of which has been described as ranging from freshly mown hay to putrefied fish.
The putrefied body emitting a foul odour long before death, which the chemist was able to remove by covering the body with a sheet soaked in chlorinated water.
Practitioners believe that accumulations of putrefied feces line the walls of the large intestine and that they harbor parasites or pathogenic gut flora, causing nonspecific symptoms and general ill-health.
