gangrene has definitions from the fields of medicine,pathology,biology
1
[ verb ] (medicine) undergo necrosis

Examples

"the tissue around the wound necrosed"

Related terms

waste

2
[ noun ] (biology) the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply)

Related terms

death myonecrosis necrose

3
[ noun ] (medicine,pathology) necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass

Synonyms

sphacelus slough

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