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

I have seen dry gangrene in the human subject originate apparently from an old "frost bite;" which means merely chronic debility of the capillaries of the foot or shin.

From Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 3, January 19, 1884. A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside by Various

The loss of tissue in both ears was due to haematoma and dry gangrene, which, however, had ceased when the photograph was taken.

From Darwin, and After Darwin, Volume 2 Post-Darwinian Questions: Heredity and Utility by George John Romanes

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 Charles B. Michener

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 Alexis Thomson

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