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adj
Affected with gangrene; gangrenous, necrotic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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adj
Dark and withered as though dead.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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verb
To affect with gangrene, cause to gangrene, mortify.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: medicine, sciences
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verb
To become gangrenous.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Topics: medicine, sciences
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verb
undergo necrosis
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: necrose, gangrene, mortify
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: waste, rot
History
From sphacel + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
From sphacel (“gangrene”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Across languages
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