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gangrene

noun

[L. gangroena.]

A mortification of living flesh, or of some part of a living animal body. It is particularly applied to the first state of mortification, before the life of the part is completely extinct. When the part is completely dead, it is called sphacelus.

gangrene

verb transitive
To mortify, or to begin mortification in.

gangrene

verb intransitive
To become mortified.