The act of causing to rot; the anaerobic splitting of proteins by bacteria and fungi with the formation of malodorous, incompletely oxidized products. / Rotten material. / The state of being rotten.

plural of putrefaction

Of, pertaining to, or causing putrefaction.

The quality of being putrefactive.

Any material that causes putrefaction

plural of putrefactant

Susceptible to putrefaction; able to go rotten.