MOLDERING Synonyms

• (medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus

• a fluid product of inflammation

• (biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action

• the process of becoming spoiled

• the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it

• any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease

• a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse

• fall apart

• break or fall apart into fragments

• fall into decay or ruin

• the process of gradually becoming inferior

• a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current

• the organic phenomenon of rotting

• an inferior state resulting from the process of decaying

• the spontaneous disintegration of a radioactive substance along with the emission of ionizing radiation

• lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current

• fall into decay or ruin

• undergo decay or decomposition

• separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts

• lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current

• break down

• become worse or disintegrate

• grow progressively worse

• break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity

• cause to undergo fission or lose particles

• lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current

• become putrid; decay with an offensive smell