dry gangrene

noun

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

Origin of dry gangrene

First recorded in 1930–35

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If the part is aseptic it shrivels, and presents the ordinary features of dry gangrene.
Manual of Surgery | Alexis Thomson and Alexander Miles
The dead portion is cast off, as in other forms of dry gangrene, by the formation of a line of demarcation.
Manual of Surgery | Alexis Thomson and Alexander Miles
This may pass off in a few days, or may increase in severity, with the formation of bullæ, and end in dry gangrene.
Manual of Surgery | Alexis Thomson and Alexander Miles
dry gangrene is one of the most virulent forms of poisoning caused by partaking of ergotised bread.
Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I | Arnold Cooley
dry gangrene is seldom dangerous, but the rapidity of its spread will indicate its virulence.
Special Report on Diseases of the Horse | United States Department of Agriculture

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