putrescence's Usage Examples:

detestable putrescence.

It grows within the tissues from central spots towards an ever-extending circumference, carrying putrescence in its course.

The best-known disease of potatoes is caused by the growth of a fungus named Phytophihora infestans, within the tissues of the host plant, and this fungus has the peculiar property of piercing and breaking up the cellular tissues and setting up putrescence in the course of its growth.

Synonyms:

rottenness, morbidity, unwholesomeness, morbidness,

Antonyms:

wholesomeness, morality, honesty, incorruptness, corrupt,