Meaning of GANGRENE
| Pronunciation: | | 'ganggreen
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- [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
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| | Synonyms: | | mortification, mortify, necrose, necrosis, slough, sphacelate, sphacelus, sphacelus |
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| | See Also: | | death, dry gangrene, mummification, myonecrosis, pathology, rot, waste | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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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| Medical Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | The death of body tissue. It is most often caused by a loss of blood flow, especially in the legs and feet. |
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| Dream Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Seeing someone affected with gangrene in your dream, foretells of grief, loss and possible death of someone near. |
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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | A condition in which injured or diseased body tissue dies due to a lack of blood flow, then becomes infected by bacteria and begins to decay. Gangrenous tissue often turns black because bacteria make iron sulfide from the iron in decaying hemoglobin. |
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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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