Defenition of the word gangrene

• Defenition of the word gangrene

  • The necrosis or rotting of flesh, usually caused by lack of blood supply.
  • death and decay of tissue caused by loss of blood supply or infection
  • undergo necrosis; of tissue
  • the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply)
  • necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass
  • undergo necrosis; "the tissue around the wound necrosed"
  • undergo necrosis

Synonyms for the word gangrene

• • mortify
  • necrose
  • sphacelate

Hyponyms for the word gangrene

• • clostridial myonecrosis
  • cold gangrene
  • dry gangrene
  • emphysematous gangrene
  • emphysematous phlegmon
  • gangrenous emphysema
  • gas gangrene
  • gas phlegmon
  • mumification necrosis
  • mummification
  • myonecrosis
  • progressive emphysematous necrosis

Hypernyms for the word gangrene

• • death
  • pathology
  • rot
  • symptom
  • waste

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