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gangrene

gan·grene

gangrene

 
pronunciation:
gaeng grin
parts of speech:
noun, transitive verb & intransitive verb
features:
Word Combinations (noun)
part of speech: noun
definition: death or rotting of a part of a living organism caused by faulty circulation, disease, or injury.
similar words:
rot
Word Combinations  About this feature
adjective + (n.)gangrene dead, diabetic, full, massive, medical, patient, severe
verb + (n.)gangrene cause, cut, develop, die, drop, fester, infect, inject, lead, lose, mutter, range, result, rot, set, suffer, treat, undergo
noun + (n.)gangrene Help amputation, bedsore, blood, cholera, circulation, complication, death, doctor, finger, foot, gas, hospital, infection, intestine, ischemia, leg, lockjaw, pneumonia, sign, skin, smell, soldier, stench, storm, surgery, tetanus, tissue, toe, ulcer, week, wound  [See all][See only the most frequent]
 
part of speech: transitive verb & intransitive verb
inflections: gangrenes, gangrening, gangrened
definition: to afflict or be afflicted with gangrene.
similar words:
mortify, putrefy