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Gangrene

Gangrene Meaning & Definition
Gangrene Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Gangrene?

[n] the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply)
[n] necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass
[v] undergo necrosis; of tissue

Synonyms | Synonyms for Gangrene: mortification | mortify | necrose | necrosis | slough | sphacelate | sphacelus | sphacelus

Related Terms | Find terms related to Gangrene: break up | canker | caries | carrion | corrupt | corruption | crumble | crumble into dust | dandruff | decay | decompose | decomposition | disintegrate | dry gangrene | dry rot | excrement | fall into decay | fall to pieces | fester | filth | foul matter | foulness | furfur | gas gangrene | go bad | go to pieces | mess | mildew | moist gangrene | mold | molder | mortification | mortify | muck | mucus | necrose | necrosis | necrotic tissue | noma | obscenity | ordure | pus | putrefaction | putrefy | putresce | putrescence | putrid matter | putridity | putridness | rancidity | rancidness | rankle | rankness | rot | rottenness | scurf | scuz | slime | slough | smut | snot | sordes | sphacelate | sphacelation | sphacelus | spoil | spoilage | suppurate | tooth decay

See Also | death | dry gangrene | mummification | myonecrosis | pathology | rot | waste

Gangrene In Webster's Dictionary

\Gan"grene\, n. [F. gangr[`e]ne, L. gangraena, fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to gnaw, eat; cf. Skr. gras, gar, to devour, and E. voracious, also canker, n., in sense 3.] (Med.) A term formerly restricted to mortification of the soft tissues which has not advanced so far as to produce complete loss of vitality; but now applied to mortification of the soft parts in any stage.
\Gan"grene\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Gangrened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Gangrening}.] [Cf. F. gangr['e]ner.] To produce gangrene in; to be affected with gangrene.

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