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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Bezoar :: Bezoar (n.) A calculous concretion found in the intestines of certain ruminant animals (as the wild goat, the gazelle, and the Peruvian llama) formerly regarded as an unfailing antidote for poison, and a certain remedy for eruptive, pestilential, or putrid diseases. Hence: Any antidote or panacea..
Rotten :: Rotten (a.) Having rotted; putrid; decayed; as, a rotten apple; rotten meat..
Sepsin :: Sepsin (n.) A soluble poison (ptomaine) present in putrid blood. It is also formed in the putrefaction of proteid matter in general.
Putridness :: Putridness (n.) Putridity.
Septiferous :: Septiferous (a.) Conveying putrid poison; as, the virulence of septiferous matter..
Addle :: Addle (a.) Having lost the power of development, and become rotten, as eggs; putrid. Hence: Unfruitful or confused, as brains; muddled..
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..
Corrupt :: Corrupt (v. i.) To become putrid or tainted; to putrefy; to rot.
Ascococcus :: Ascococcus (n.) A form of micrococcus, found in putrid meat infusions, occurring in peculiar masses, each of which is inclosed in a hyaline capsule and contains a large number of spherical micrococci..
Putrescible :: Putrescible (a.) Capable of putrefaction; liable to become putrid; as, putrescible substances..
Corrupt :: Corrupt (v. t.) To change from a sound to a putrid or putrescent state; to make putrid; to putrefy.
Putry :: Putry (a.) Putrid.
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..
Ichorhaemia :: Ichorhaemia (n.) Infection of the blood with ichorous or putrid substances.
Putrefy :: Putrefy (v. t.) To render putrid; to cause to decay offensively; to cause to be decomposed; to cause to rot.
Putridity :: Putridity (n.) The quality of being putrid; putrefaction; rottenness.
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..
Putidness :: Putidness (n.) The quality or state of being putrid.
Putrefy :: Putrefy (v. i.) To become putrid; to decay offensively; to rot.
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