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Gangrene


GAN'GRENE, noun [Latin 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.

GAN'GRENE, verb transitive To mortify, or to begin mortification in.

GAN'GRENE, verb intransitive To become mortified.