'Gangrene' definitions:
Definition of 'gangrene'
(from WordNet)
noun
noun
The localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply) [syn: necrosis, mortification, gangrene, sphacelus]
verb
Undergo necrosis; "the tissue around the wound necrosed" [syn: necrose, gangrene, mortify, sphacelate]
Definition of 'Gangrene'
From: GCIDE
- Gangrene \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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Gangrene'
From: GCIDE
- Gangrene \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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'gangrene'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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