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Noun: putrescence  pyoo'tre-sunt
  1. In a state of progressive putrefaction
    - putridness, rottenness, corruption
     
  2. The quality of rotting and becoming putrid
    - rottenness

Derived forms: putrescences

Type of: morbidity, morbidness, putrefaction, rot, unwholesomeness

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