Synonyms for gangrene
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : gang-green, gang-green |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈgæŋ grin, gæŋˈgrin |
Top 10 synonyms for gangrene Other synonyms for the word gangrene
- crumbling
- decrease
- decrepitude
- degeneracy
- degeneration
- depreciation
- deterioration
- dilapidation
- disintegration
- disrepair
- dissolution
- downfall
- dying
- extinction
- fading
- failing
- gangrene
- impairment
- mortification
- perishing
- putrefaction
- putrescence
- putridity
- putridness
- rot
- rottenness
- rotting
- ruin
- ruination
- rust
- senescence
- spoilage
- spoilation
- wasting
- wasting away
- withering
Définition of gangrene
Origin :- 1540s, from Latin gangraena, from Greek gangraina "an eating or gnawing sore," literally "that which eats away," reduplicated form of gran- "to gnaw," from PIE root *gras- (see gastric).
- As in putrefaction : noun decay
- As in putrescence : noun decay
- As in putridness : noun decay
- As in spoilage : noun decay
- As in decay : noun breaking down, collapse
- This bed was empty, because gangrene had set in, and the patient had died but yesterday.
- Extract from : « The Uncommercial Traveller » by Charles Dickens
- He thought there had been gangrene and that it was going to fall off.
- Extract from : « The Autobiography of Madame Guyon » by Jeanne Marie Bouvier de La Motte Guyon
- Of course, if gangrene occurs, the man is permanently invalided.
- Extract from : « 1914 » by John French, Viscount of Ypres
- If gangrene has set in and no doctor is available, then treat as a burn.
- Extract from : « Manual of Military Training » by James A. Moss
- Gangrene was in all the wards, the filth and foulness of the atmosphere were fearful.
- Extract from : « Woman's Work in the Civil War » by Linus Pierpont Brockett
- Only the new antibiotics he had taken along, had kept the gangrene from killing him.
- Extract from : « The Planet Strappers » by Raymond Zinke Gallun
- If a limb is rotting with gangrene, shall it not be cut away?
- Extract from : « Tracks of a Rolling Stone » by Henry J. Coke
- He died of a gangrene, occasioned by his fall from the pier of Calais.
- Extract from : « The Diary of John Evelyn, Volume II (of 2) » by John Evelyn
- Scurvy and gangrene frequently existed in the same individual.
- Extract from : « Andersonville, Volume 3 » by John McElroy
- We have Erysipelas, fever and gangrene, and the Russian wounded are the worst.
- Extract from : « The Life of Florence Nightingale vol. 1 of 2 » by Edward Tyas Cook
Antonyms for gangrene
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