putrescible
Americanadjective
noun
adjective
noun
Other Word Forms
- nonputrescible adjective
- putrescibility noun
Etymology
Origin of putrescible
1790–1800; < Latin putrēsc ( ere ) to grow rotten + -ible
Example Sentences
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Their use is apt to be followed by undue inflammation, probably of septic origin, for they almost invariably contain putrescent or readily putrescible elements.
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Of course, as a rule, the softer and more putrescible organic matters have perished by decay, and it is only the14 harder and more resisting parts that remain.
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The burying of wood in water, which dissolves out or alters its putrescible constituents, has long been practised as a means of seasoning.
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When it is mixed with urine or some other putrescible substance, the peat undergoes fermentation, with the result that its nitrogen is to a greater or less extent converted into ammonia.
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Before they were known, cleanliness and the destruction of putrescible matter in man's surroundings had, it is true, been urged by sanitary reformers.
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