putrid : Idioms & Phrases


Putrid fever

  • (Med.), typhus fever; so called from the decomposing and offensive state of the discharges and diseased textures of the body.
Webster 1913

Putrid sore throat

  • (Med.), a gangrenous inflammation of the fauces and pharynx.
Webster 1913

putrid-smelling

  • adjective satellite having the putrid odor of decaying organic matter
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