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Meaning of PUTREFACTIVE

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
[adj]  causing or promoting bacterial putrefaction
 

PUTREFACTIVE is a 12 letter word that starts with P.

 

 Synonyms: putrefacient, septic
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Pu`tre*fac"tive\, a. [Cf. putr['e]factif. See
{Putrefy}.]
1. Of or pertaining to putrefaction; as, the putrefactive
   smell or process. --Wiseman.

2. Causing, or tending to promote, putrefaction. --
   {Pu``tre*fac"tive*ness}, n.

 

 

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