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Gangrene   /gˈængrin/   Listen
Gangrene

noun
1.
Necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass.  Synonyms: slough, sphacelus.
2.
The localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply).  Synonyms: mortification, necrosis, sphacelus.
verb
(past & past part. gangrened; pres. part. gangrening)
1.
Undergo necrosis.  Synonyms: mortify, necrose, sphacelate.



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"Gangrene" Quotes from Famous Books



... back of Martin to the shelter of Mother Martha's lair in the Haarlemer Meer. Here he lay sick many days, for the sword cut in his thigh festered so badly that at one time his life was threatened by gangrene, but, in the end, his own strength and healthy constitution, helped with Martha's simples, cured him. So soon as he was strong again, accompanied by Martin, he travelled into Leyden, which now it was safe enough for him to visit, since the Spaniards ...
— Lysbeth - A Tale Of The Dutch • H. Rider Haggard

... with the blood-stream, due to extensive haemorrhage, bacteria from the outside gain entrance, this simple inflammation is further complicated by the formation of pus, or a limited gangrene of the ...
— Diseases of the Horse's Foot • Harry Caulton Reeks

... not thought proper to use here the actual or potential Cauteries which are employed in our Province, in the case of common Carbuncles, because, having made Trial of them at the Beginning, we observed that they caused Inflammations so considerable, that a Gangrene presently ensued, and its Edges became Callous again: The Caustick Stone succeeded not but in small Carbuncles, which heal of themselves, almost ...
— A Succinct Account of the Plague at Marseilles - Its Symptoms and the Methods and Medicines Used for Curing It • Francois Chicoyneau

... are stopped with sections of tenting. As we approached Clamanges, we detected a sickening, subtle, sweetish odor which crept stealthily to us through the air and filled us with an insinuating disgust. The Colonel said simply, "That is gangrene." ...
— The Note-Book of an Attache - Seven Months in the War Zone • Eric Fisher Wood

... the "Medical Handbook," with reference to the remarks on amputation, gangrene, etc., and I have also been examining his leg. The poor devil is in great pain, and there is no doubt that mortification has set in, as was indeed inevitable. I have decided that he must have his last chance, and that at 8 p.m. to-night ...
— The Diary of a U-boat Commander • Anon


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