putrefacient /-fāˈshənt/ adjective

Causing putrefaction

putrefaction /-fakˈshən/ noun

Rotting

putrefacˈtive adjective

putrefīˈable adjective

putrescence /-tresˈəns/ noun

Incipient rottenness

putrescˈent adjective

putrescˈible adjective and noun

putrescˈine /-ēn or -in/ noun

A substance, H₂N(CH₂)₄NH₂, formed during the putrefaction of flesh (also called 1,4-diaminobūˈtane)

puˈtrid adjective

1. Rotten
2. Disgusting
3. Wretchedly bad (informal)

putridˈity or puˈtridness noun

puˈtridly adverb

putrid fever noun (obsolete medicine)

Typhus