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sphacelus

noun

1 sphacelus

Necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass.

synonyms: gangrene, slough.

Polish: zgorzel, gangrena

2 sphacelus

The localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply).

synonyms: gangrene, mortification, necrosis.

Roget 655: disease; illness, sickness etc. adj.; ailing &c.; all the ills that flesh is heir to" [Hamlet]; morbidity, morbosity; infirmity, ailment, indisposition; ... show more

Dutch: gangreen, necrose, afsterving
Polish: martwica, nekroza


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