gangrene

gangrene is a 8-letter English word with 5 senses as noun, transitive/intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 14 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. noun. 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. transitive/intransitive verb. To produce gangrene in; to be affected with gangrene.
3. noun. the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply)

   Synonyms: mortification, necrosis, sphacelus

4. noun. necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass

   Synonyms: slough, sphacelus

5. verb. undergo necrosis

   "the tissue around the wound necrosed"

   Synonyms: mortify, necrose, sphacelate

Synonyms

mortification, necrosis, sphacelus, slough, mortify, necrose, sphacelate

Common word forms

gangrened, gangrenes, gangrening

Words from these letters

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