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Meaning of gangrene


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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  gangrene
      n 1: necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass
           [syn: {gangrene}, {sphacelus}, {slough}]
      2: the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the
         interruption of blood supply) [syn: {necrosis},
         {mortification}, {gangrene}, {sphacelus}]
      v 1: undergo necrosis; "the tissue around the wound necrosed"
           [syn: {necrose}, {gangrene}, {mortify}, {sphacelate}]


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