Found 1 items, similar to Putrid fever.
English → English (gcide) Definition: Putrid fever Putrid \Pu"trid\, a. [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. [1913 Webster] 2. Indicating or proceeding from a decayed state of animal or vegetable matter; as, a putrid smell. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]