Noun: putrescence pyoo'tre-sunt
- The quality of rotting and becoming putrid
"The putrescence of the meat made it inedible";
- rottenness
- In a state of progressive putrefaction
"The putrescence of the abandoned food was evident from its foul odour";
- putridness, rottenness, corruption
Derived forms: putrescences
Type of: morbidity, morbidness, putrefaction, rot, unwholesomeness