gas gangrene


nounPathology.
  1. a gangrenous infection developing in wounds, especially deep wounds with closed spaces, caused by bacteria that form gases in the subcutaneous tissues.

Origin of gas gangrene

1
First recorded in 1910–15

Words Nearby gas gangrene

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How to use gas gangrene in a sentence

  • The next day the gas-gangrene appeared above the knee-joint.

    Combed Out | Fritz August Voigt

British Dictionary definitions for gas gangrene

gas gangrene

noun
  1. gangrene resulting from infection of a wound by anaerobic bacteria (esp Clostridium welchii) that cause gas bubbles and swelling in the surrounding tissues

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