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51emphysematous 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… …
52emphysematous phlegmon — 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 gangrene, ↑gangrenous… …
53gangrenous emphysema — 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 gangrene, ↑emphysematous… …
54gas 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,… …
55gas phlegmon — 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 gangrene, ↑emphysematous… …
56mumification necrosis — 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, ↑cold gangrene, ↑mummification • Topics: ↑pathology • Hypernyms …
57mummification — noun 1. a condition resembling that of a mummy bureaucratic mummification in red tape • Derivationally related forms: ↑mummify • Hypernyms: ↑condition, ↑status 2. (pathology) gangrene that develops in the presence of arterial obstruction and is… …
58myonecrosis — noun localized death of muscle cell fibers • Hypernyms: ↑necrosis, ↑mortification, ↑gangrene, ↑sphacelus …
59necrose — verb undergo necrosis the tissue around the wound necrosed • Syn: ↑gangrene, ↑mortify, ↑sphacelate • Derivationally related forms: ↑sphacelus (for: ↑sphacelate), ↑ …
60progressive emphysematous necrosis — 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 gangrene, ↑emphysematous… …
