putrefactive

This makes food acidic and prevents the growth of putrefactive and pathogenic bacteria.

The conquerors of those otherwise triumphant Martians were, he reported, "the putrefactive and disease bacteria against which their systems were unprepared."

A substance which prevents or retards putrefaction, or destroys, or protects from, putrefactive organisms; as, salt, carbolic acid, alcohol, cinchona.

The skin of the dependent portions of the body is discolored by the settling of blood in it, and putrefactive changes are apt to set in rapidly.

Many eminent medical men have lost their lives while dissecting, simply by putrefactive matter coming in contact with a slight wound or puncture.