gangrene

gangrene has 5 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 8.

Definitions

• 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.
• n.. the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply)
• n.. necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass
• v.. undergo necrosis; "the tissue around the wound necrosed"