Category:Putrid

Pu"trid, a. Etym: [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.

2. Indicating or proceeding from a decayed state of animal or Vegetable matter; as, a putrid smell. 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.