Definitions for: Putrefactive

[adj] causing or promoting bacterial putrefaction

Webster (1913) Definition: Pu`tre*fac"tive, a. [Cf. putr['e]factif. See
Putrefy.]
1. Of or pertaining to putrefaction; as, the putrefactive
smell or process. --Wiseman.

2. Causing, or tending to promote, putrefaction. --
Pu``tre*fac"tive*ness, n.

Synonyms: putrefacient, septic