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To die is as if one's eyes had been put out and one cannot see anything any more. Perhaps it is like being shut in a cellar. One is abandoned by all. They have slammed the door and are gone. One does not see anything and notices only the damp smell of putrefaction.
Edvard Munch

Meaning of "putrefaction" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PUTREFACTION

putrefaction  [ˌpjuːtrɪˈfækʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PUTREFACTION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Putrefaction is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PUTREFACTION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

putrefaction

Putrefaction

Putrefaction is one of seven stages in the decomposition of the body of a dead animal or human. It can be viewed, in broad terms, as the decomposition of proteins in a process that results in the eventual breakdown of cohesion between tissues and the liquefaction of most organs. It is caused due to bacterial or fungal decomposition of organic matter and results in production of obnoxious odors.

Definition of putrefaction in the English dictionary

The definition of putrefaction in the dictionary is the process of decay, usually accompanied by an offensive odour.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PUTREFACTION


arefaction
ˌærɪˈfækʃən
assuefaction
ˌæswɪˈfækʃən
benefaction
ˌbɛnɪˈfækʃən
calefaction
ˌkælɪˈfækʃən
dissatisfaction
dɪsˌsætɪsˈfækʃən
faction
ˈfækʃən
liquefaction
ˌlɪkwɪˈfækʃən
madefaction
ˌmædɪˈfækʃən
olfaction
ɒlˈfækʃən
petrifaction
ˌpɛtrɪˈfækʃən
rarefaction
ˌrɛərɪˈfækʃən
satisfaction
ˌsætɪsˈfækʃən
self-satisfaction
ˌselfsætɪsˈfækʃən
stupefaction
ˌstjuːpɪˈfækʃən
tabefaction
ˌtæbɪˈfækʃən
tepefaction
ˌtɛpɪˈfækʃən
torrefaction
ˌtɒrɪˈfækʃən
tumefaction
ˌtjuːmɪˈfækʃən
unsatisfaction
ˌʌnsætɪsˈfækʃən
vivification
ˌvɪvɪˈfækʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PUTREFACTION

putois
putonghua
putout
Putrajaya
putrefacient
putrefactive
putrefiable
putrefied
putrefier
putrefies
putrefy
putrescence
putrescent
putrescibility
putrescible
putrescine
putrid
putridity
putridly
putridness

WORDS THAT END LIKE PUTREFACTION

accreditation
action
attraction
auction
collection
connection
construction
correction
course of action
detection
direction
election
fiction
function
introduction
production
protection
reaction
section
selection
transaction

Synonyms and antonyms of putrefaction in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «putrefaction» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PUTREFACTION

Find out the translation of putrefaction to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of putrefaction from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «putrefaction» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

腐败
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

putrefacción
570 millions of speakers

English

putrefaction
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सड़न
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التعفن
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

гниение
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

putrefação
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পচ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

putréfaction
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pembinasaan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Fäulnis
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

腐敗
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

부패
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Putrefaction
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự hư hỏng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தூய்மைப்படுத்தலை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सडणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kokuşma
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

putrefazione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

gnicie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

гниття
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

putrefacție
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σήψη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

verrotting
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

förruttnelse
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

forråtnelse
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of putrefaction

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PUTREFACTION»

The term «putrefaction» is normally little used and occupies the 120.284 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PUTREFACTION» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «putrefaction» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «putrefaction» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about putrefaction

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QUOTES WITH «PUTREFACTION»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word putrefaction.
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Edvard Munch
To die is as if one's eyes had been put out and one cannot see anything any more. Perhaps it is like being shut in a cellar. One is abandoned by all. They have slammed the door and are gone. One does not see anything and notices only the damp smell of putrefaction.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PUTREFACTION»

Discover the use of putrefaction in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to putrefaction and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Putrefaction Live
"This is a novel about disintegration and rejuvenation among a new generation of Navajo warriors seasoned by a century of culture wars on their homeland."--Ann Marie Cummins, author of "Yellowcake" and "Red Ant House: Stories"
Warren Perkins, 2009
2
Essays on the floating-matter of the air: in relation to ...
Thus, then, the first two days produced no visible change in the pheasant- infusion, while in two of the hare-tubes putrefaction had vigorously set in. Three days' exposure caused only one of the pheasant-tubes to yield ; four of the hare- infusion ...
John Tyndall, 1884
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An Account of a Method of Preserving Water, at Sea, from ...
that the method I have proposed for preserving wafer, at sea, from putrefaction, well deserves a public trial. " I make no doubt," says this ingenious physician, " but very considerable advantages, would be derived from it in some situations, but ...
Thomas Henry, 1781
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Death, Decay, and Reconstruction: Approaches to Archaeology ...
Putrefaction is due to the action of bacteria and their enzymes which migrate to the body tissues from the bowel. At temperatures below 70°F (21°C) the most active anaerobic putrefactive organisms cease to multiply and therefore the length of ...
A. Boddington, A. N. Garland, R. C. Janaway, 1987
5
Scientifically Soured Milk: Its Influence in Arresting ...
1907 a brief reference to the subject of soured milk in its relation to the prolongation of human life and its influence in arresting intestinal putrefaction.
Elie Metchnikoff, 1996
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Paracelsus: An Introduction to Philosophical Medicine in the ...
Generation and putrefaction Generation is a universal process dominating nature , inorganic as well as organic. The firmament is the father, the elements are the mothers ("matrices" or "wombs") which contain the "semina". These are the ...
Walter Pagel, 1982
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The principles and practice of medical jurisprudence
If the organic substance is deprived of its water, putrefaction is arrested. Gay- Lussac found that flesh might be preserved for a considerable period, simply by suspending it under a bell-glass placed in a dish of fused calcium chloride. Albumen ...
Alfred Swaine Taylor, Thomas Stevenson, Sir Thomas Stevenson, 1883
8
Five Dissertations on Fever
matter applied to the body, produced fever ; and in that fever, the depression of strength, which occasioned putrefaction :---Or if the putrid matter applied to the body occasioned putrefaction of the fluids, (as a ferment or otherwise ;) after which ...
George Fordyce, 1823
9
Legal medicine and toxicology
than moist, putrefaction is not so apt to ensue as mummification. The most favorable temperature to assist putrefaction is from 70° to 90° F. Below the freezing-point and above the boiling-point of water putrefaction is arrested. The popular ...
Robert Leonard Emerson, 1909
10
The Century
As our digestive tube is the seat of putrefaction, and as putrefaction in general has long been considered something very unwholesome, it was concluded that these microbes of putrefaction represent the source of danger for us. This opinion  ...
‎1910

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PUTREFACTION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term putrefaction is used in the context of the following news items.
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Three Assam poachers get 7-year RI | Guwahati NYOOOZ
GUWAHATI: Three poachers, who would lace venison with highly toxic pesticides to prevent putrefaction and committed a host of other wildlife crime at the ... «NYOOOZ, Jul 15»
2
Parrot-Fronted Death Metal Band HATEBEAK: 'Seven Perches …
Within months, the first HATEBEAK recording, "Beak Of Putrefaction", surfaced on Reptilian Records. The public reception quickly went from metal underground ... «BLABBERMOUTH.NET, Jun 15»
3
Parrot-Fronted Death Metal Band Hatebeak to Release New Album
Pay close attention to the screeching vocals on “Beak of Putrefaction” or how about the screeching vocals on “Feral Parrot” or “The Thing That Should Not Beak” ... «Loudwire, May 15»
4
American Dichotomies
If an idea is so rotten it can only bear bad fruit, the only way to sell it is to convince the buyer that putrefaction isn't decay, that poison isn't toxic, that stealing isn't ... «American Thinker, Apr 15»
5
To Reshape the World, Architects Need to Design at Every Scale
“Paris is an immense workshop of putrefaction, where misery, pestilence and sickness work in concert, where sunlight and air rarely penetrate,” wrote the social ... «Metropolis Magazine, Feb 15»
6
Carmen Yarira Noriega Esparza: Dead actress's body found in water …
Police said that the wannabe actress's body was in a 'high state of putrefaction', and had been missing for almost a year. Carmen Yarira Noriega Esparza, 27, ... «Metro, Jan 15»
7
'Strange taste' in water caused by human remains in supply tank
Police say the body of Carmen Esparza was found “in a high state of putrefaction.” When she first went missing last February after leaving her gym, her friends ... «KRMG, Jan 15»
8
LISTEN: Corrections House Release A Cover Of Neil Young's …
... “To deliver a wholly cerebral, impossible-to-pinpoint kaleidoscopic synthesis of mechanical decomposition, atmospheric abnormalities, and poetic putrefaction ... «mxdwn.com, Nov 14»
9
Suspect in custody after Victorian woman's body found by Fijian …
However Mr Groenewald said the cremation was required “due to the extreme stage of putrefaction of the victim's body”. A spokesman from the Department of ... «9news.com.au, Nov 14»
10
The Empty Elections of 2014
At this late stage in the prostitution, cretinization, and putrefaction of the American political system, it's hard to get worked up about anything, and that, doubtless, ... «The New Yorker, Oct 14»

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