putrescible

[ pyoo-tres-uh-buh l ]

/ pyuˈtrɛs ə bəl /

adjective

liable to become putrid.

noun

a putrescible substance.

Words nearby putrescible

putrefaction, putrefactive, putrefy, putrescence, putrescent, putrescible, putrescine, putrid, putrilage, putsch, putschist

Origin of putrescible

1790–1800; < Latin putrēsc(ere) to grow rotten + -ible

OTHER WORDS FROM putrescible

pu·tres·ci·bil·i·ty, nounnon·pu·tres·ci·ble, adjective

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Examples from the Web for putrescible

Now Pasteur puts together air and putrescible liquids and nothing is produced.
Louis Pasteur|Ren Vallery-Radot
So long as solid wastes are withheld, its surplus oxidizing power will gradually destroy the accumulation of putrescible material.
Industrial Cuba|Robert P. Porter
To prove his contention he set out for Arbois with a large number of glass bulbs each half filled with a putrescible liquid.
An Introduction to the History of Science|Walter Libby
Fed with such air, in the great majority of cases the putrescible liquids remained perfectly sweet after boiling.
Fragments of science, V. 1-2|John Tyndall

Cleanliness in leather manufacture is as essential at the commencement as anywhere, for the hide is in its most putrescible state.
Animal Proteins|Hugh Garner Bennett

British Dictionary definitions for putrescible

putrescible

/ (pjuːˈtrɛsɪbəl) /

adjective

liable to become putrid

noun

a putrescible substance

Derived forms of putrescible

putrescibility, noun

Word Origin for putrescible

C18: from Latin putrescere to decay

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Medicine definitions for putrescible

putrescible

[ pyōō-trĕs′ə-bəl ]

adj.

Subject to putrefaction.