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GANGRENE

Definition:

1. [noun] necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass
   Synonyms: sphacelus, slough
   
   
2. [noun] the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply)
   Synonyms: necrosis, mortification, sphacelus
   
   
3. [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

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