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Textual thesaurus for "gangrene"

(noun) sphacelus, necrosis, mortification

the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply)


(noun) sphacelus, slough

necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass


(verb) sphacelate, mortify, necrose

undergo necrosis

the tissue around the wound necrosed