Usually means: Decay characterized by foul smell.
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General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. putrescence: Merriam-Webster
  2. putrescence: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. putrescence: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. putrescence: Collins English Dictionary
  5. putrescence: Vocabulary.com
  6. putrescence: Wordnik
  7. putrescence: Wiktionary
  8. Putrescence, putrescence: Dictionary.com
  9. putrescence: Online Etymology Dictionary
  10. Putrescence: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. putrescence: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  12. putrescence: Rhymezone
  13. Putrescence: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. putrescence: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  15. putrescence: FreeDictionary.org
  16. putrescence: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. putrescence: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. putrescence: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. putrescence: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. putrescence: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (putrescence)

noun:  The condition of being putrid; decay
noun:  Putrid matter

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