What's the difference between decompose and putrefy?

Decompose


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To separate the constituent parts of; to resolve into original elements; to set free from previously existing forms of chemical combination; to bring to dissolution; to rot or decay.
  • (v. i.) To become resolved or returned from existing combinations; to undergo dissolution; to decay; to rot.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Following mass disasters and individual deaths, dentists with special training and experience in forensic odontology are frequently called upon to assist in the identification of badly mutilated or decomposed bodies.
  • (2) Hydroperoxides from arachidonic acid can decompose via this mechanism to form leukotrienes of potential biological significance and can catalyze the epoxidation of proximal carcinogens to ultimate carcinogenic metabolites.
  • (3) The ester group in the N-acyloxymethyl derivatives was readily hydrolyzed by plasma enzymes to yield the N-hydroxymethyl amide, which subsequently decomposed to the parent amide.
  • (4) Twenty out of the fifty strains decomposed technical oils.
  • (5) Hydrogen peroxide is decomposed also by catalase (b).
  • (6) Under weakly basic conditions (pH 8.5), ptaquiloside decomposed into a conjugated dienone (considered to be the ultimate form), which was mutagenic in both strains.
  • (7) The compounds, characterized by 31P NMR, were shown to decompose to phosphate with a half-life of ca.
  • (8) Little is known about the microorganisms decomposing the different test substances.
  • (9) Results showed that: catechols which are substrates of tyrosinase decompose fully after 24 hr in medium; they are equally toxic for melanoma and non-melanoma cell lines; their toxicity increases when they are preincubated in medium for 24 hr and 48 hr before addition of cells; their toxicity is significantly reduced by addition of scavenger enzymes; on the contrary, phenols not substrates of tyrosinase are stable in medium and their toxicity is not reduced by scavenger enzymes.
  • (10) It decomposes to Yttrium 90 which has a half life of 62 hours.
  • (11) The use of FA and its derivative, hexamethylenetetramine (HMT), which gradually decomposes to FA under acidic conditions as antimicrobial agents in food, raises questions about their potential chronic oral toxicity.
  • (12) Using a piecewise linear approach, individual saccadic eye movements have been Fourier decomposed in an attempt to determine the effect of saccadic amplitude on frequency characteristics.
  • (13) These results demonstrate that the folate of E. coli DNA photolyase is a bona fide cofactor and does not decompose or dissociate during multiple turnovers of the enzyme.
  • (14) The inhibitor decomposed by a mechanism involving H(+) ions and thiocyanate, the kinetics varying according to whether the inhibitor was in its acidic or basic form.
  • (15) At elevated pH and temperature, chloral hydrate readily decomposed and chloroform and formic acid were detected as products.
  • (16) With the Redy system, in which urea is decomposed by the enzyme urease, only 5.5 liters of dialysate is used.
  • (17) The reaction goes to completion and the pigment is not decomposed by 0.03 M hydroxylamine.
  • (18) If a battery heats up beyond 80C you hit what is called thermal runaway, where the components start to decompose, and that’s when it can explode.” The specific cause of Samsung’s issues with exploding batteries is unknown, the company just cites “ a battery cell issue ”.
  • (19) While pure methyl 5-(2-chloroethylamino)-5-deoxy-2,3-O-isopropylidene-beta-D-ribofuranoside hydrochloride has no L-1210 leukemia activity, a decomposed sample was found to be very active.
  • (20) The entropy of activation of kcat for the human enzyme was further decomposed into partially compensating electrostatic(es) (delta S*es = +15.1 cal mol-1 K-1) and nonelectrostatic(nes) (delta S*nes = -19.1 cal mol-1 K-1) terms.

Putrefy


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To render putrid; to cause to decay offensively; to cause to be decomposed; to cause to rot.
  • (v. t.) To corrupt; to make foul.
  • (v. t.) To make morbid, carious, or gangrenous; as, to putrefy an ulcer or wound.
  • (v. i.) To become putrid; to decay offensively; to rot.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Eighty-five blood samples with COHb concentrations of 40% and 70% were allowed to putrefy in order to measure the time-dependent changes in COHb values.
  • (2) Toxicological analyses on a putrefied cadaver are sometimes difficult to perform because of the absence of blood and urine.
  • (3) To their left, the killers entered the room of the centre's director, who made it outside, where the pond of his blood putrefied on the cement.
  • (4) Mass graves commonly contain hundreds of putrefying bodies, which bear evidence of torture and extrajudicial execution.
  • (5) Bromazepam and levomepromazine were identified and assayed in the remains of cerebral tissue, in the clavicle of a putrefied cadaver, and in the fly larvae found on and in the corpse.
  • (6) For centuries, the Sioux and other tribes used it to treat venomous snake and insect bites, ulcers, sores and any disease (notably syphilis) involving foul-smelling discharges or putrefying flesh.
  • (7) Toxicological analyses on a putrefied cadaver are sometimes difficult to achieve because of the absence of blood and urine.
  • (8) When the blood was putrefied, two or three pieces of membranes filters were needed because of choking membrane pore.
  • (9) The evidentiary specimens chosen for DNA were classified according to substrate (scrapings, plastic bags, synthetics, denim, and carpet) and according to a subjective evaluation of the condition of the stain (soiled, damp, or putrefied) and to its size (small or large).
  • (10) This method was found to be useful even if applied to old or putrefied blood samples.
  • (11) The method used would seem to be very useful for determination of methamphetamine and amphetamine in marked putrefied biological materials.
  • (12) A forensic study was performed on the toxicological effects of triazolam using putrefied tissues.
  • (13) In case of putrefied liver lipid content is increased slightly but in all periods of putrefaction lipid content in the liver in case of fat dystrophy remains significantly higher than in controls.
  • (14) In this study, morphine and phenobarbital were simultaneously identified and assayed in several tissues of a putrefied cadaver and in the fly larvae of Calliphoridae found on the corpse.
  • (15) Finding a putrefying corpse in a lock-up might not feature on most people’s list of job satisfaction criteria, but things are different in Happy Valley (Tuesday, 9pm, BBC1) .
  • (16) Five drugs (triazolam, oxazepam, phenobarbital, alimemazine, and clomipramine) were identified and assayed in some tissues of a putrefied cadaver and in the maggots found on and in the body.
  • (17) No RFLP profiles could be obtained from putrefied soft tissues.
  • (18) Samples of thoracic fluid were obtained at regular intervals from the putrefying bodies of dead dogs.
  • (19) And that's how I picture you when I read your comments – as a shovelful-of-putrefied-matter-to-be making the very least of its brief window of consciousness.
  • (20) A reliable and sensitive method has been developed to assess the concentrations of the hypnotic drug triazolam in human tissues, including putrefied tissues.