Definition of putrid

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

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Canker Rash :: Canker rash () A form of scarlet fever characterized by ulcerated or putrid sore throat.
Putry :: Putry (a.) Putrid.
Typhus :: Typhus (n.) A contagious continued fever lasting from two to three weeks, attended with great prostration and cerebral disorder, and marked by a copious eruption of red spots upon the body. Also called jail fever, famine fever, putrid fever, spottled fever, etc. See Jail fever, under Jail..
Rotten :: Rotten (a.) Having rotted; putrid; decayed; as, a rotten apple; rotten meat..
Tyrotoxicon :: Tyrotoxicon (n.) A ptomaine discovered by Vaughan in putrid cheese and other dairy products, and producing symptoms similar to cholera infantum. Chemically, it appears to be related to, or identical with, diazobenzol..
Putrefy :: Putrefy (v. t.) To render putrid; to cause to decay offensively; to cause to be decomposed; to cause to rot.
Putrefy :: Putrefy (v. i.) To become putrid; to decay offensively; to rot.
Putidness :: Putidness (n.) The quality or state of being putrid.
Septiferous :: Septiferous (a.) Conveying putrid poison; as, the virulence of septiferous matter..
Corrupt :: Corrupt (v. i.) To become putrid or tainted; to putrefy; to rot.
Putrescible :: Putrescible (a.) Capable of putrefaction; liable to become putrid; as, putrescible substances..
Sepsin :: Sepsin (n.) A soluble poison (ptomaine) present in putrid blood. It is also formed in the putrefaction of proteid matter in general.
Putridity :: Putridity (n.) The quality of being putrid; putrefaction; rottenness.
Muscarin :: Muscarin (n.) A solid crystalline substance, C5H13NO2, found in the toadstool (Agaricus muscarius), and in putrid fish. It is a typical ptomaine, and a violent poison..
Putrid :: Putrid (a.) Indicating or proceeding from a decayed state of animal or vegetable matter; as, a putrid smell..
Rot :: Rot (v. t.) To make putrid; to cause to be wholly or partially decomposed by natural processes; as, to rot vegetable fiber..
Sweet :: Sweet (superl.) Not changed from a sound or wholesome state. Specifically: (a) Not sour; as, sweet milk or bread. (b) Not state; not putrescent or putrid; not rancid; as, sweet butter; sweet meat or fish..
Putrescent :: Putrescent (a.) Becoming putrid or rotten.
Putridness :: Putridness (n.) Putridity.
Corrupt :: Corrupt (v. t.) To change from a sound to a putrid or putrescent state; to make putrid; to putrefy.
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