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gangrene
[gang-green, gang-green]
noun
necrosis or death of soft tissue due to obstructed circulation, usually followed by decomposition and putrefaction.
moral or spiritual corruption and decadence that pervades an individual or group.
“This church body has been afflicted with a spiritual gangrene that is poisoning our relationship with the Lord,” the preacher expostulated.
verb (used with or without object)
to affect or become affected with gangrene.
gangrene
/ ˈɡæŋɡriːn, ˈɡæŋɡrɪnəs /
noun
death and decay of tissue as the result of interrupted blood supply, disease, or injury
moral decay or corruption
verb
to become or cause to become affected with gangrene
gangrene
Death of tissue in a living body, especially in a limb, caused by a bacterial infection resulting from a blockage of the blood supply to the affected tissue.
gangrene
The death and decay of body tissue owing to insufficient supply of blood.
Other Word Forms
- gangrenous adjective
- nongangrenous adjective
- ungangrened adjective
- ungangrenous adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of gangrene1
Word History and Origins
Origin of gangrene1
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Example Sentences
Since January we have been following the case of Habiba Al-Askari, who came with her mother Rana in the hope doctors might be able to save three gangrene infected limbs - two arms, and a leg.
Nursing employees told the investigators that the 69-year-old man, who had been admitted with gangrene on his feet, was often confused and sometimes tried to pull out his tubes.
"One foot was so badly damaged that it had to be amputated. We tried to avoid the amputation, but it had to be performed as the foot had gangrene in the bone," he said.
By World War II, even as scientists were manufacturing gallons of phages to combat cholera, dysentery, and gangrene in Stalingrad and Leningrad, much the West had given up on phages.
Her lower legs were amputated after she developed gangrene at age 7.
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