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Word: Putrefaction
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late Middle English: from Old French, or from late Latin putrefactio(n-), from putrefacere ‘make rotten’ (see putrefy)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˌpjuːtrɪˈfakʃn
Dialects: British English
Definition:
the process of decay or rotting in a body or other organic matter
Short Definition:process of decay or rotting in body or other organic matter
Examples:- the breeze shifted and we caught the stench of putrefaction
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