Hypertext Webster Gateway: "gangrene"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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; of tissue [syn: {necrose}, {mortify}, {sphacelate}]
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