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Septicity :: Septicity (n.) Tendency to putrefaction; septic quality.

Septic :: Septic (n.) A substance that promotes putrefaction.

Skatol :: Skatol (n.) A constituent of human faeces formed in the small intestines as a product of the putrefaction of albuminous matter. It is also found in reduced indigo. Chemically it is methyl indol, C9H9N..

Putrefactive :: Putrefactive (a.) Of or pertaining to putrefaction; as, the putrefactive smell or process..

Aseptic :: Aseptic (a.) Not liable to putrefaction; nonputrescent.

Septical :: Septical (a.) Having power to promote putrefaction.

Ptomaine :: Ptomaine (n.) One of a class of animal bases or alkaloids formed in the putrefaction of various kinds of albuminous matter, and closely related to the vegetable alkaloids; a cadaveric poison. The ptomaines, as a class, have their origin in dead matter, by which they are to be distinguished from the leucomaines..

Putredinous :: Putredinous (a.) Proceeding from putrefaction, or partaking of the putrefactive process; having an offensive smell; stinking; rotten..

Tyrosin :: Tyrosin (n.) A white crystalline nitrogenous substance present in small amount in the pancreas and spleen, and formed in large quantity from the decomposition of proteid matter by various means, -- as by pancreatic digestion, by putrefaction as of cheese, by the action of boiling acids, etc. Chemically, it consists of oxyphenol and amidopropionic acid, and by decomposition yields oxybenzoic acid, or some other benzol derivative..

Rot :: Rot (n.) Process of rotting; decay; putrefaction.

Indol :: Indol (n.) A white, crystalline substance, C8H7N, obtained from blue indigo, and almost all indigo derivatives, by a process of reduction. It is also formed from albuminous matter, together with skatol, by putrefaction, and by fusion with caustic potash, and is present in human excrement, as well as in the intestinal canal of some herbivora..

Putrefaction :: Putrefaction (n.) The condition of being putrefied; also, that which putrefied..

Sepsin :: Sepsin (n.) A soluble poison (ptomaine) present in putrid blood. It is also formed in the putrefaction of proteid matter in general.

Antiseptic :: Antiseptic (n.) A substance which prevents or retards putrefaction, or destroys, or protects from, putrefactive organisms; as, salt, carbolic acid, alcohol, cinchona..

Mummy :: Mummy (n.) A dead body embalmed and dried after the manner of the ancient Egyptians; also, a body preserved, by any means, in a dry state, from the process of putrefaction..

Putrescent :: Putrescent (a.) Of or pertaining to the process of putrefaction; as, a putrescent smell..

Putrification :: Putrification (n.) Putrefaction.

Putrefactive :: Putrefactive (a.) Causing, or tending to promote, putrefaction..

Septically :: Septically (adv.) In a septic manner; in a manner tending to promote putrefaction.

Putridity :: Putridity (n.) The quality of being putrid; putrefaction; rottenness.

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