The Collaborative International Dictionary
Putrefactive
Putrefactive \Pu`tre*fac"tive\, a. [Cf. putr['e]factif. See Putrefy.]
Of or pertaining to putrefaction; as, the putrefactive smell or process.
--Wiseman.Causing, or tending to promote, putrefaction. [1913 Webster] -- Pu``tre*fac"tive*ness, n.
Wiktionary
putrefactive
a. Of, pertaining to, or causing putrefaction
WordNet
putrefactive
adj. causing or promoting bacterial putrefaction [syn: putrefacient]
Usage examples of "putrefactive".
You know the indols, the phenols, and the amins are produced both by putrefactive bacteria and by the process of metabolism, the burning up of the tissues in the process of utilizing the energy that means life.