putrefaction Meaning and Definition
1. n. moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles
2. n. (biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action
3. n. a state of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor
Putrefaction is the fifth stage of death, following pallor mortis, algor mortis, rigor mortis, and livor mortis.
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