What does sphacelate mean?
Definitions for sphacelate
sphace·late
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Princeton's WordNet
necrose, gangrene, mortify, sphacelateverb
undergo necrosis
"the tissue around the wound necrosed"
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To Sphacelateverb
To affect with a gangrene.
Etymology: from sphacelus, medical, Latin.
The long retention of matter sphacelates the brain. Samuel Sharp.
To Sphacelateverb
To mortify; to suffer the gangrene.
The skin, by the great distension, having been rendered very thin, will, if not taken away, sphacelate, and the rest degenerate into a cancerous ulcer. Samuel Sharp, Surgery.
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sphacelate
Sphacelate is a term used primarily in medicine, specifically in pathology, to describe the process of tissue death or necrosis, as a result of disease, injury, or lack of blood supply. It's often related to gangrene or severe tissue damage.
Webster Dictionary
Sphacelateverb
to affect with gangrene
Sphacelateadjective
alt. of Sphacelated
Etymology: [NL. sphacelare, sphacelatum, mortify: cf. F. sphacler. See Sphacelus.]
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of sphacelate in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of sphacelate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
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