01 a. Tending to decomposition or decay; decomposed; rotten; -- said of animal or vegetable matter; as, putrid flesh. See Putrefaction.
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Tending to decomposition or decay; decomposed; rotten; -- said of animal or vegetable matter; as, putrid flesh. See Putrefaction. See: Putrefaction
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2.
Indicating or proceeding from a decayed state of animal or vegetable matter; as, a putrid smell.
Phrases & compounds
Putrid fever —
typhus fever; -- so called from the decomposing and offensive state of the discharges and diseased textures of the body.
Putrid sore throat —
a gangrenous inflammation of the fauces and pharynx.