Gangrene
71cold gangrene — noun (pathology) gangrene that develops in the presence of arterial obstruction and is characterized by dryness of the dead tissue and a dark brown color • Syn: ↑dry gangrene, ↑mumification necrosis, ↑mummification • Topics: ↑pathology • …
72emphysematous gangrene — noun (pathology) a deadly form of gangrene usually caused by clostridium bacteria that produce toxins that cause tissue death; can be used as a bioweapon • Syn: ↑gas gangrene, ↑clostridial myonecrosis, ↑emphysematous phlegmon, ↑gangrenous… …
73gas gangrene — noun (pathology) a deadly form of gangrene usually caused by clostridium bacteria that produce toxins that cause tissue death; can be used as a bioweapon • Syn: ↑clostridial myonecrosis, ↑emphysematous gangrene, ↑emphysematous phlegmon,… …
74Senile gangrene — Senile Se nile, a. [L. senilis, from senex, gen. senis, old, an old man: cf. F. s[ e]nile. See {Senior}.] Of or pertaining to old age; proceeding from, or characteristic of, old age; affected with the infirmities of old age; as, senile weakness.… …
75Гангрена (Gangrene) — отмирание и разложение какой либо части тела в результате дефицита или полного прекращения ее кровоснабжения. Причинами гангрены могут быть: травма, какое либо заболевание, наличие атеромы в крупных кровеносных сосудах, отморожение или глубокие… …
76dry gangrene — n gangrene that develops in the presence of arterial obstruction, is sharply localized, and is characterized by dryness of the dead tissue which is sharply demarcated from adjacent tissue by a line of inflammation * * * necrosis occurring without …
77hospital gangrene — n gangrene prevalent in crowded hospitals before the development of modern sanitation …
78moist gangrene — n gangrene that develops in the presence of combined arterial and venous obstruction, is usu. accompanied by an infection, and is characterized by a watery discharge usu. of foul odor * * * wet g …
79Fournier gangrene (disease) test — Four·nier gangrene (disease), test (f r nyaґ) [Jean Alfred Fournier, French dermatologist, 1832–1914] see under gangrene and test …
80gas gangrene toxin — any of the exotoxins produced by Clostridium perfringens and associated with gas gangrene. At least 10 types have been identified. The α toxin is a lethal, necrotizing lecithinase (phospholipase C) that splits lecithin in cell membranes, is… …
