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

When these measures are successful, dry gangrene ensues.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis

If the part is aseptic it shrivels, and presents the ordinary features of dry gangrene.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis

Carbolic Gangrene.—Carbolic acid, even in comparatively weak solution, is liable to induce dry gangrene when applied as a fomentation to a finger, especially in women and children.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis

In dry gangrene moist heat in the form of poultices or anointing the tissue with oils and fats will be found beneficial in hastening the dead tissue to slough off.

From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.