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   putrefaction

   /ˌpjuːtrɪˈfakʃn/

   noun

   • 1. the process of decay or rotting in a body or other organic matter: "the breeze shifted and we caught the stench of putrefaction"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French, or from late Latin putrefactio(n-), from putrefacere ‘make rotten’ (see putrefy).

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