putrefactive ness (putrefaktivnes)

Putrefactive character, quality, or condition. Also put rif activene . putrefiable (pu'tre-fi-a-bl), a. [Also putrifia ble; For absorption of putrefiable materials Esmarch has used with great satisfaction turf enclosed in gauze bags. W. T. Belfield , Rel. of Micro-Org. to Disease, p. 60. putrefier (pu'trē-fi-er), n . A putrefacient. Also putrifier . An account of a series of experiments upon putrefiers and antiseptics. Workshop Receipts , 2d ser., p. 196. putrefy (pu'tre-fi), v.; pret. and pp. putre fied , ppr. putrefying . [Also putrify ; putrefien , putrefier , F. putréfier = Sp. Pg. putrificar ( put ref i care ) = It. put ref are , put ref a cere , cause to rot, putrefy, putrefier i , rot, putrefy, putrere , be rotten (see putrid ), + fier i , pa . of facere , make, do.] I. trans. 1. To render putrid; cause to decay with an offensive odor; cause to become fetid by rotting. See putrefaction .-2. To make carious or gangrenous. IMG:content-1353.png:[blocks in formation] putter Wounds and bruises, and putrifying sores. Whenne they she we uppe thaire fertilitee, So turne hem with the plough to putrifie ; And after that thi lande shal multi plie. Isa. i. 6. Palladius , Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 182. Many substances in nature which are solid do putrify and corrupt into worms. Bacon , Advancement of Learning, i. 43. =Syn. Decay , Corrupt , etc. See rot . putrescence (pu-tres'ens), n. [F. putrescence = It. putrescenza ; as putrescen (t) +-ce.] Putrescent character or condition; tendency to putridity or decay; a putrid state. We must confe in the common putrescence it may promote elevation, which the breaking of the bladder of gall, so small a part in man, cannot considerably advantage. Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., iv. 6. In attempting to sterilize a putrescible solution by means of cold, it was found that, though in some cases putrescence was delayed, in no case were the organisms completely destroyed. Science, VI. 393. putrescent scent (pu-tres'ent), (pu-tres'ent), a. [ Stately, externally powerful, although undermined and putrescent at the core, the death-stricken empire still dashed back the a aults of its barbarous enemies. Motley, Dutch Republic, I. 18. If from the hospitals All the diseases in one moat were gathered, Such was it here, and such a stench came from it As from putrescent limbs is wont to i ue. Long fellow , tr. of Dante's Inferno, xxix. 51. 2. Of or pertaining to the proce of putrefaction: as, a putrescent smell. putrescible (pū-tres'i-bl), a. [ stances. It does not appear to be putrescible . Philosophical Transactions (1798), i. § 2. Finely divided charcoal is usually stated to have strong antiseptic powers. It certainly has a remarkable action upon putrescible substances. W. A. Miller , Elem. of Chem., § 355. putrid (pū'trid), a. [ The wine to putrid blood converted flows. Waller, Æneid, iv. A wide and melancholy waste Shelley , Alastor. Of putrid marshes. 2. Indicating a state of putrefaction; proceeding from or pertaining to putrefaction: as, a putrid scent. - Putrid fever. See fever1. - Putrid sore throat, gangrenous pharyngitis.