What does sphacelate mean?

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sphace·late

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. necrose, gangrene, mortify, sphacelateverb

    undergo necrosis

    "the tissue around the wound necrosed"

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To Sphacelateverb

    To affect with a gangrene.

    Etymology: from sphacelus, medical, Latin.

    The long retention of matter sphacelates the brain. Samuel Sharp.

  2. 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.

ChatGPT

  1. 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

  1. Sphacelateverb

    to affect with gangrene

  2. Sphacelateadjective

    alt. of Sphacelated

  3. Etymology: [NL. sphacelare, sphacelatum, mortify: cf. F. sphacler. See Sphacelus.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of sphacelate in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of sphacelate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

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