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Parvolin :: Parvolin (n.) A nonoxygenous ptomaine, formed in the putrefaction of albuminous matters, especially of horseflesh and mackerel..

Indol :: Indol (n.) A white, crystalline substance, C8H7N, obtained from blue indigo, and almost all indigo derivatives, by a process of reduction. It is also formed from albuminous matter, together with skatol, by putrefaction, and by fusion with caustic potash, and is present in human excrement, as well as in the intestinal canal of some herbivora..

Embalm :: Embalm (v. t.) To anoint all over with balm; especially, to preserve from decay by means of balm or other aromatic oils, or spices; to fill or impregnate (a dead body), with aromatics and drugs that it may resist putrefaction..

Aseptic :: Aseptic (a.) Not liable to putrefaction; nonputrescent.

Taint :: Taint (v. i.) To be affected with incipient putrefaction; as, meat soon taints in warm weather..

Putrefaction :: Putrefaction (n.) The condition of being putrefied; also, that which putrefied..

Amylobacter :: Amylobacter (n.) A microorganism (Bacillus amylobacter) which develops in vegetable tissue during putrefaction.

Putrification :: Putrification (n.) Putrefaction.

Antiputrescent :: Antiputrescent (a.) Counteracting, or preserving from, putrefaction; antiseptic..

Corruption :: Corruption (n.) The act of corrupting or making putrid, or state of being corrupt or putrid; decomposition or disorganization, in the process of putrefaction; putrefaction; deterioration..

Skatol :: Skatol (n.) A constituent of human faeces formed in the small intestines as a product of the putrefaction of albuminous matter. It is also found in reduced indigo. Chemically it is methyl indol, C9H9N..

Sepsin :: Sepsin (n.) A soluble poison (ptomaine) present in putrid blood. It is also formed in the putrefaction of proteid matter in general.

Septicity :: Septicity (n.) Tendency to putrefaction; septic quality.

Ptomaine :: Ptomaine (n.) One of a class of animal bases or alkaloids formed in the putrefaction of various kinds of albuminous matter, and closely related to the vegetable alkaloids; a cadaveric poison. The ptomaines, as a class, have their origin in dead matter, by which they are to be distinguished from the leucomaines..

Antiseptic :: Antiseptic (n.) A substance which prevents or retards putrefaction, or destroys, or protects from, putrefactive organisms; as, salt, carbolic acid, alcohol, cinchona..

Putrilage :: Putrilage (n.) That which is undergoing putrefaction; the products of putrefaction.

Putrescent :: Putrescent (a.) Of or pertaining to the process of putrefaction; as, a putrescent smell..

Rot :: Rot (n.) Process of rotting; decay; putrefaction.

Putrid :: Putrid (a.) Tending to decomposition or decay; decomposed; rotten; -- said of animal or vegetable matter; as, putrid flesh. See Putrefaction..

Putrescible :: Putrescible (a.) Capable of putrefaction; liable to become putrid; as, putrescible substances..

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