noun
Meaning 1
Gangrenous part.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
sphacelus
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noun
Meaning 2
Gangrene; slough.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, sciences
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: necrosis, mortification, gangrene
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: death
Narrower terms: myonecrosis
noun
Meaning 4
necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: gangrene, slough
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pathology
Narrower terms: dry gangrene, cold gangrene, mumification necrosis, mummification, gas gangrene, clostridial myonecrosis, emphysematous gangrene, emphysematous phlegmon, gangrenous emphysema, gas phlegmon, progressive emphysematous necrosis
History
Etymology
From Ancient Greek σφάκελος (sphákelos).