GANGRENE
Definition:
- [noun] necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass
Synonyms: sphacelus, slough
- [noun] the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply)
Synonyms: necrosis, mortification, sphacelus
- [verb] undergo necrosis; "the tissue around the wound necrosed"
Synonyms: necrose, mortify, sphacelate
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Related Words:
- dry gangrene, cold gangrene, mumification necrosis, mummification
- gas gangrene, clostridial myonecrosis, emphysematous gangrene, emphysematous phlegmon, gangrenous emphysema, gas phlegmon, progressive emphysematous necrosis
- myonecrosis
