Found 2 items, similar to gangrene.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: gangrene gangrene n 1: necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass [syn: sphacelus, slough] 2: the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply) [syn: necrosis, mortification, sphacelus] v : undergo necrosis; “the tissue around the wound necrosed” [syn: necrose, mortify, sphacelate]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Gangrene Gangrene \Gan"grene\, n. [F. gangr[`e]ne, L. gangraena, fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to gnaw, eat; cf. Skr. gras, gar, to devour, and E. voracious, also canker, n., in sense 3.] (Med.) A term formerly restricted to mortification of the soft tissues which has not advanced so far as to produce complete loss of vitality; but now applied to mortification of the soft parts in any stage. [1913 Webster] Gangrene \Gan"grene\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Gangrened; p. pr. & vb. n. Gangrening.] [Cf. F. gangr['e]ner.] To produce gangrene in; to be affected with gangrene. [1913 Webster]