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

This may pass off in a few days, or may increase in severity, with the formation of bullæ, and end in dry gangrene.

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

The tissue surrounding the moist gangrenous patch is usually inflamed, swollen, and hot, but this is less noticeable in the case of dry gangrene.

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

Incisions into the dead tissue may be made, and when sloughing commences the tissue should be removed with forceps and the resulting wound treated as in dry gangrene.

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