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Noun gangrene has 2 senses
  1. gangrene, sphacelus, slough - necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass
    --1 is a kind of pathology
    --1 has particulars:
     dry gangrene, cold gangrene, mumification necrosis, mummification; gas gangrene, clostridial myonecrosis, emphysematous gangrene, emphysematous phlegmon, gangrenous emphysema, gas phlegmon, progressive emphysematous necrosis
    Derived form: verb gangrene1
  2. necrosis, mortification, gangrene, sphacelus - the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply)
    --2 is a kind of death
    --2 has particulars: myonecrosis
,Verb gangrene has 1 sense
  1. necrose, gangrene, mortify, sphacelate - undergo necrosis; "the tissue around the wound necrosed"
    --1 is one way to waste, rot
    Derived form: noun gangrene1
    Sample sentence:
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