Example Sentences

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The designation is intended to attract more research and funding for curbing the disease, also known as cancrum oris and gangrenous stomatitis.

From Science Magazine • Dec. 20, 2023

When we joined the volunteers for a day, she was quick to check the lower leg of an evacuee with a blackened, gangrenous wound.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2022

Diabetes is an insidious disease that significantly increases the risks of premature blindness, stroke, and circulatory and neurological problems that can lead to infections requiring amputation of gangrenous toes and feet.

From New York Times • Apr. 3, 2022

The infrequent change of clothes caused a delay in discovering the extent of his gangrenous inflammation and infection.

From Textbooks • Dec. 21, 2021

He was brought here from Gettysburg with serious wounds which became gangrenous before his arrival.

From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt