Meaning of gangrene in English:
gangrene
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noun
mass nounLocalized death and decomposition of body tissue, resulting from obstructed circulation or bacterial infection.
‘gangrene set in, and her leg was amputated’- ‘Feces, urine, or blood can easily contaminate the wound and infection can range from a superficial infection to septicemia and gangrene of vulvar tissue.’
- ‘The presence of deep infection with abscess, cellulitis, gangrene, or osteomyelitis is an indication for hospitalization and prompt surgical drainage.’
- ‘Vasopressin should be infused through a central catheter because peripheral extravasation could cause tissue necrosis and gangrene.’
- ‘Patients with deep abscess, extensive bone or joint involvement, crepitus, substantial necrosis or gangrene, or necrotizing fasciitis may be candidates for surgery.’
- ‘Rarely, fulminant ischaemic colitis occurs with gangrene or perforation and needs urgent surgical exploration.’
verb
[no object]Become affected with gangrene.
‘his wound had gangrened’- ‘The limb that is left to gangrene normally has to be cut off, and that would be a sad indictment on yourselves and a very poor response to the residents of the periphery of town.’
- ‘But the vet said the rock hand lacerated his stomach and part of the intestine had gangrened.’
Origin
Mid 16th century via French from Latin gangraena, from Greek gangraina.
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