Definitions for gangrenous-grə nəs
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
gan•greneˈgæŋ grin, gæŋˈgrin(n.; v.)-grened, -gren•ing.
(n.)death of soft tissue due to obstructed circulation, usu. followed by decomposition and putrefaction.
Category: Pathology
(v.i.)to affect or become affected with gangrene.
Category: Pathology
Origin of gangrene:
1535–45; < MF gangrene < L gangraena < Gk gángraina an eating sore
gan′gre•nous-grə nəs(adj.)
Princeton's WordNet
gangrenous, mortified(adj)
suffering from tissue death
Wiktionary
gangrenous(Adjective)
Indicative of or afflicted with gangrene.
The medic worried that Private Johnson's wounded leg was looking more gangrenous.
Webster Dictionary
Gangrenous(adj)
affected by, or produced by, gangrene; of the nature of gangrene
Translations for gangrenous
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
gangrenous(adjective)
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.
- gangrenerigAfrikaans
- مُغَنْغَر، مُصاب بالغَنْغَرينَهArabic
- гангренясвамBulgarian
- gangrenadoPortuguese (BR)
- postižený snětíCzech
- brandigGerman
- der er gået koldbrand iDanish
- γαγγραινώδηςGreek
- gangrenosoSpanish
- kärbuvEstonian
- قانقاریاییFarsi
- kuoliossa olevaFinnish
- gangreneuxFrench
- נָגוּע בְּנֶמֶקHebrew
- गैगरीन संबंधीHindi
- gnjio, gangrenozanCroatian
- üszkösHungarian
- membusukIndonesian
- sem drep eríIcelandic
- cancrenosoItalian
- えそのJapanese
- 괴저의Korean
- gangrenuotasLithuanian
- gangrenozsLatvian
- berkemelayuhMalay
- gangreneusDutch
- som det har gått koldbrann iNorwegian
- zgangrenowanyPolish
- قانقاریاییPersian
- خس مار، په بدو اوښتى، لچن كانګرينPashto
- gangrenadoPortuguese
- cangrenosRomanian
- гангренозныйRussian
- sneťovýSlovak
- gangrenozenSlovenian
- gangrenozanSerbian
- kallbrandsartad, angripen av kallbrandSwedish
- ที่เป็นเนื้อร้ายThai
- kangrenliTurkish
- 長壞疽的Chinese (Trad.)
- гангренознийUkrainian
- گینگرینیUrdu
- (thuộc) chứng hoại thưVietnamese
- 坏疽性的Chinese (Simp.)
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