What is the meaning of Gangrene?

  • (n.) 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.
  • (v.t.&i.) To produce gangrene in; to be affected with gangrene.
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MLAWebster's. "gangrene" 27 May 2011. Web. 28 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/gangrene/definitions/2011279>
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