dry gangrene

American  

noun

1. death of tissue owing to arterial obstruction without subsequent bacterial decomposition and putrefaction.

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Etymology

Origin of dry gangrene

First recorded in 1930–35

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dry gangrene

Then there’s Roxana, an undocumented woman with no coverage who receives emergency surgery on a life-threatening tumor only to wake up with dry gangrene, leaving her arms and legs decayed and useless.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 6, 2023

The area supplied by the vessel undergoes dry gangrene.

From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Warfield, Louis Marshall

When diseased rye of this kind is eaten in food for some time, it sometimes causes death by a kind of mortification called dry gangrene.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura by Various

The loss of tissue in both ears was due to haematoma and dry gangrene, which, however, had ceased when the photograph was taken.

From Darwin, and After Darwin, Volume 2 Post-Darwinian Questions: Heredity and Utility by Romanes, George John

I have seen dry gangrene in the human subject originate apparently from an old "frost bite;" which means merely chronic debility of the capillaries of the foot or shin.

From Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 3, January 19, 1884. A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside by Various