What's the difference between petrification and putrification?
Petrification
Definition:
(n.) See Petrifaction.
(n.) Fig.: Obduracy; callousness.
Example Sentences:
(1) Cholesterosis of the gallbladder ist a reversible process, the petrification of cholesterol polyps is repeated observed.
(2) 12 of 16 patients demonstrated changes which were characteristic for hypocorticism: in 4 patients (no signs of tuberculous involvement of the adrenals) a decrease in their sizes with the preserved regular shape was noted, in 8 patients (with clinicolaboratory findings of tuberculous involvement) enlarged sizes, bilateral deformity of the contours and the presence of petrificates were detected.
(3) Changes in the brain matter were detected in 13 of these 15 patients: foreign bodies (2 cases), meningeal cerebral cicatrices (5), dilatation of the ventricular system (4), petrificates in the brain matter (1), atrophic changes of the cerebral cortex (1).
(4) The formerly feared "linear scar petrification," usual after use of Teflon felt, was absent.
Putrification
Definition:
(n.) Putrefaction.
Example Sentences:
(1) It is suggested that the relevant physical properties are altered by putrification.