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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
putrefy /ˈpjuːtrɪfʌɪ/

▶verb (putrefies, putrefying, putrefied) decay or rot and produce a fetid smell.

– derivatives
putrefaction noun,
putrefactive adjective.

– origin ME: via Fr. from L. putrefacere, from puter, putr- ‘rotten’.

'putrefaction' also found in these Oxford entries:

putrefy - sapro- - saprogenic

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