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.
2. Indicating or proceeding from a decayed state of animal or vegetable matter; as, a putrid smell.
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.