putrescence noun.
[pju:'trɛs(ǝ)ns] M17.[formed as PUTRESCENT + -ENCE.]1. The action or process of rotting or becoming putrid; incipient or advancing putrefaction.
M17.fig.:
■ Carlyle Am I to sink ever lower into falsehood, stagnant putrescence?2. Putrescent or rotting matter.
M19. ■ putrescency noun =
PUTRESCENCE 1
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