putrescence | sense examples, Usage and Definition from wordnet dictionary online

Noun putrescence has 2 senses

putrescence, putridness, rottenness, corruption - in a state of progressive putrefaction
--₁ is a kind of putrefaction, rot
putrescence, rottenness - the quality of rotting and becoming putrid
--₂ is a kind of unwholesomeness, morbidness, morbidity