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gangrene Definition


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gangrene
noun
    1. pathol.
      The death and subsequent decay of part of the body due to some failure of the blood supply to that region as a result of disease, injury, frostbite, etc.
Derivative: gangrenous
    Affected with gangrene.
    Like gangrene.
Etymology: 16c: from Greek gangraina.



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