Gangrene
11gangrene — 1540s, from L. gangraena, from Gk. gangraina an eating or gnawing sore, lit. that which eats away, reduplicated form of gran to gnaw, from PIE root *gras (see GASTRIC (Cf. gastric)) …
12Gangrene — For the American football team nicknamed Gang Green , see New York Jets. Gangrene Classification and external resources Dry gangrene of the 1st to 4th toes of the right foot in a man with diabetes. ICD …
13gangrène — (gan grè n ; l Académie dit qu on prononce kan grè ne ; c est une prononciation ancienne, la plus reçue au XVIIe siècle : il faut prononcer cangrène, disent Marg. Buffet, Observ. p. 134, et Chifflet, Gramm. p. 227. Cette prononciation, qui était… …
14gangrene — gangrenous /gang greuh neuhs/, adj. /gang green, gang green /, n., v., gangrened, gangrening. Pathol. n. 1. necrosis or death of soft tissue due to obstructed circulation, usually followed by decomposition and putrefaction. v.t., v.i. 2. to… …
15Gangrene — The death of body tissue due to the loss of blood supply to that tissue, sometimes permitting bacteria to invade it and accelerate its decay. The word gangrene comes from the Greek ganggraina denoting an eating sore that ends in mortification (of …
16GANGRÈNE — s. f. (On prononce Cangrène. ) Mortification totale de quelque partie du corps, qui s étend quelquefois avec rapidité. Avoir la gangrène. La gangrène gagne. Il a une blessure à la jambe, on craint que la gangrène ne s y mette. Arrêter la gangrène …
17gangrene — n. death and decay of part of the body due to deficiency or cessation of blood supply. The causes include disease, injury, or atheroma in major blood vessels, frostbite or severe burns, and diseases such as diabetes mellitus and Raynaud s disease …
18gangrene — noun VERB + GANGRENE ▪ have, suffer from ▪ develop GANGRENE + VERB ▪ set in ▪ The wound was not properly disinfected and gangrene set in …
19gangrene — Synonyms and related words: break up, canker, caries, carrion, corrupt, corruption, crumble, crumble into dust, dandruff, decay, decompose, decomposition, disintegrate, dry gangrene, dry rot, excrement, fall into decay, fall to pieces, fester,… …
20GANGRÈNE — n. f. T. de Médecine Mortification locale des tissus. Gangrène gazeuse ou foudroyante, Complication de certaines plaies, surtout des plaies de guerre, caractérisée par la mortification des tissus et la production de gaz, dont la marche est rapide …
