putrefactions

/P AH1 T R AH0 F AE1 K SH AH0 N Z/
noun
  1. 1

    The state of being rotten.

  2. 2

    Rotten material.

  3. 3

    The act of causing to rot; the anaerobic splitting of proteins by bacteria and fungi with the formation of malodorous, incompletely oxidized products.