What is Putrid? A Basic Definition

Putrid \Pu"trid\, a. [L. putridus, fr. putrere to be rotten,
         fr.
   puter, or putris, rotten, fr. putere to stink, to be
         rotten:
   cf. F. putride. See Pus, Foul, a.]
   1. Tending
         to decomposition or decay; decomposed; rotten; --
     
         said of animal or vegetable matter; as, putrid flesh. See
 
             Putrefaction.

              [1913 Webster]

   2.
         Indicating or proceeding from a decayed state of animal or

              vegetable matter; as, a putrid smell.
      [1913
         Webster]

   Putrid
         fever (Med.), typhus fever; -- so
         called from the
      decomposing and offensive state of
         the discharges and
      diseased textures of the body.


           Putrid sore
         throat (Med.), a gangrenous inflammation of
         the
      fauces and pharynx.
      [1913 Webster]

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