GANGRENE

n. v.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
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.

2.
v.

To produce gangrene in; to be affected with gangrene.

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