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1. (n.) gangrene
death of soft tissue due to obstructed circulation, usu. followed by decomposition and putrefaction.
2. (v.i.) gangrene
to affect or become affected with gangrene.
Etymology: (1535–45; < MF gangrene < L gangraena < Gk gángraina an eating sore)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) gangrene, sphacelus, slough
necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass
2. (verb) necrosis, mortification, gangrene, sphacelus
the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply)
3. (verb) necrose, gangrene, mortify, sphacelate
undergo necrosis
"the tissue around the wound necrosed"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) GANGRENE
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
2. GANGRENE
to produce gangrene in; to be affected with gangrene
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U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. GANGRENE
Death and putrefaction of tissue usually due to a loss of blood supply.
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Sense: the decay of a part of the body of a living person, animal etc, because the blood supply to that part of the body has stopped.
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 Afrikaans: gangreen |
 Arabic: غَنْغَرينَه |
 Bulgarian: гангрена |
 Brazilian: gangrena |
 Czech: sněť |
 German: der Brand |
 Danish: koldbrand |
 Greek: γάγγραινα |
 Spanish: gangrena |
 Estonian: gangreen |
 Farsi: قانقاریا |
 Finnish: kuolio |
 French: gangrène |
 Hebrew: נֶמֶק |
 Hindi: मांस का सड़ाव |
 Croatian: gangrena |
 Hungarian: üszkösödés |
 Indonesian: luka membusuk |
 Icelandic: drepí holdi |
 Italian: cancrena |
 Japanese: えそ |
 Korean: 괴저(壞疽), 탈저(脫疽) |
 Lithuanian: gangrena |
 Latvian: gangrēna |
 Malay: kelemayuh |
 Dutch: gangreen |
 Norwegian: koldbrann |
 Polish: gangrena |
 Persian: قانقاریا |
 Pashto: خس مار، په بدو اوښتى، لچن |
 Portuguese: gangrena |
 Romanian: cangrenă |
 Russian: гангрена |
 Slovak: sneť, gangréna |
 Slovenian: gangrena |
 Serbian: gangrena |
 Swedish: kallbrand |
 Thai: เนื้อร้าย |
 Turkish: kangren |
 Taiwanese: 壞疽 |
 Ukrainian: гангрена |
 Urdu: دوران خون کی رکاوٹ کے سبب |
 Vietnamese: chứng hoại thư |
 Chinese: 坏疽 |
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