Qu'est-ce (qui) est putrefy - définition

BREAKING DOWN OF A BODY OF A HUMAN OR ANIMAL POST-MORTEM

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Putrefy

·vt To Corrupt; to make foul.

II. Putrefy ·vi To become putrid; to decay offensively; to Rot.

III. Putrefy ·vt To make morbid, carious, or gangrenous; as, to putrefy an ulcer or wound.

IV. Putrefy ·vt To render putrid; to cause to decay offensively; to cause to be decomposed; to cause to rot.

putrefy

I. v. a.

Corrupt, rot, render putrid.

II. v. n.

Rot, decay, decompose, become rotten, become putrid.

putrefy

(putrefies, putrefying, putrefied)

When something putrefies, it decays and produces a very unpleasant smell. (FORMAL)

The meat in all of the open flasks putrefied.

...putrefying corpses.

= rot

VERB: V, V-ing

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Putrefaction

Putrefaction is the fifth stage of death, following pallor mortis, algor mortis, rigor mortis, and livor mortis. This process references the breaking down of a body of an animal post-mortem. In broad terms, it can be viewed as the decomposition of proteins, and the eventual breakdown of the cohesiveness between tissues, and the liquefaction of most organs. This is caused by the decomposition of organic matter by bacterial or fungal digestion, which causes the release of gases that infiltrate the body's tissues, and leads to the deterioration of the tissues and organs. The approximate time it takes putrefaction to occur is dependent on various factors. Internal factors that affect the rate of putrefaction include the age at which death has occurred, the overall structure and condition of the body, the cause of death, and external injuries arising before or after death. External factors include environmental temperature, moisture and air exposure, clothing, burial factors, and light exposure.

The first signs of putrefaction are signified by a greenish discoloration on the outside of the skin on the abdominal wall corresponding to where the large intestine begins, as well as under the surface of the liver.

Certain substances, such as carbolic acid, arsenic, strychnine, and zinc chloride, can be used to delay the process of putrefaction in various ways based on their chemical make up.

Body farms are facilities which study the process.

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Exemples du corpus de texte pour putrefy

1. Thus, one brigade commander decided to rid himself of the odor as he left, whereas his colleague is fated to putrefy in his tent.

2. Even in a sealed plastic sack, a few days is about the optimum time it’s sensible to leave household waste before it starts to putrefy, giving off noxious smells and attracting maggots, flies and rats.

3. Decades of government inattention have allowed chronic problems to grow and fester and putrefy and . . . well, we‘ll abandon that metaphor lest it turn into something that no one wants to read over breakfast, but you get the idea.