putrefactive adjective. [pju:trɪ'faktɪv] LME.
[Old & mod. French putréfactif, -ive or medieval Latin putrefactivus, from Latin putrefact-: see PUTREFACTION, -IVE.]
1. Causing or inducing putrefaction; putrefying. Formerly also, subject to putrefaction, corruptible. LME.

2. Of, pertaining to, produced by, characterized by, or indicative of putrefaction. M17.

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