putrefaction

About 0.33 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The act of causing to rot; the anaerobic splitting of proteins by bacteria and fungi with the formation of malodorous, incompletely oxidized products.
2. noun Rotten material.
3. noun The state of being rotten.

Similar words

rot rotting decomposition putrefactant rancidification torrefaction biofermentation compost petrifaction rancescence

Often followed by

of and in is or are was has which

Word family

putrefactions putrefactive