gangrene
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gangrene
- /ˈɡæŋˌɡɹiːn/
- [ˈɡæŋˌɡɹʷɪi̯n]
- /ˈɡeɪ̯ŋˌɡɹin/ Canada, US
- [ˈɡeɪ̯ŋˌɡɹʷɪi̯n] Canada, US
- /ˈɡɛ̃ŋˌɡɹin/ Canada, US
- [ˈɡɛ̃ŋˌɡɹʷɪi̯n] Canada, US
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French gangrène, from Latin gangraena, from Ancient Greek γάγγραινα (gángraina, “gangrene”).
noun gangrenes
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The necrosis and rotting of flesh, usually caused by lack of blood supply.
If gangrene sets in, we may have to amputate the foot.
Similar: sphacel
- A damaging or corrupting influence. Women should earn equal wages with men for equal work done. Child marriages and polygamy are a gangrene on society.
verb gangrenes · gangrening · gangrened
- To produce gangrene in. Vulneration or section sometimes procures a Gangrene, when the vital Principle is so debilitated, or enormous by the would, that instead of a good suppuration and vigorous transmutation, a depraved matter is generated, which corrupts and gangrenes the part: and thus a small cut of a finger or Toe ha
- To be affected with gangrene. If a man had a sore leg, and he should go to an honest, judicious chirurgeon, and he should only bid him keep it warm, and anoint it with such an oil, (an oil well known) that would do the cure; haply he would not much regard him, because he knows the medicine, beforehand an ordinary medicine; but i
- To corrupt; To cause to become degenerate. That is true,” replied Almira, “nothing can be performed without labor, and where there is labor there will be discontent, and where there is no labor there will be heart-burning and jealousy about insignificant trifles, such as gangrenes the real pleasures of contemplation within these walls; walls
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noun the necrosis or rotting of flesh
| Español | gangrena, noma, cangrena |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 회저 hoejeo |
| 日本語 | 壊疽 eso |
| 中文 | 壞疽 /坏疽 huàijū |
| हिन्दी | कोथ koth |
| Português | gangrena |
| Français | gangrène |
| Deutsch | Gangrän, Wundbrand, Brand |
| Italiano | cancrena |
| Ελληνικά | γάγγραινα gángraina |
| Română | cangrenă |
| Русский | гангре́на gangréna |
| Tiếng Việt | bệnh thối hoại |
| العربية | آكِلَة ʔākila, غَنْغْرِينَة ḡanḡrīna, غَرْغْرِينَا ḡarḡrīnā |
verb to produce gangrene in
| Español | necrosar |
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verb to be affected with gangrene
| Español | gangrenarse, agangrenarse, necrosarse, esfacelarse, cangrenarse (disused) |
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