putrefactive
- s causing or promoting bacterial putrefaction
- What is commonly called "ptomaine poisoning" is poisoning from foods which contain putrefactive bacteria.
- Was this be cause of too great an accumulation of putrefactive bacteria in the intestine? Only a study of the intestinal conditions during this period will tell, and they have not .
- The other characters were marvels not just of makeup but also of comic sympathy; Sherman Klump and his pudgy, putrefactive family had humor and heart.