26984 words

gangrene

2 definitions • 2 examples
1
the decay of a part of a person's body because the blood has stopped flowing there:

Examples:

gangrene sets in They had to amputate his leg because gangrene had set in.
2
decay of part of a person’s body because the blood has stopped flowing there:

Examples:

Doctors were afraid gangrene might set in.

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