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▪ I. † ˈsphacelate, a. Obs. rare.
[ad. med. or mod.L. sphacelātus: see next and cf. F. sphacélé, Sp. esfacelado.]
Sphacelated.
1634T. Johnson Parey's Wks. xxvi. xxxi. 1064 Exhalations, lifted or raised up from any part which is gangrenate or sphacelate. 1785Martyn Lett. Bot. xxvi. 392 Having a cylindric..calyx with the scales sphacelate or seeming mortified at top.
▪ II. sphacelate, v. Path.|ˈsfæsɪleɪt|
[f. med. or mod.L. sphacelāt-, stem of sphacelāre, f. sphacelus sphacelus. Cf. F. sphacéler (16th cent.).]
1. trans. To affect with sphacelus; to cause to gangrene or mortify.
1653Urquhart Rabelais i. xxvii, To some others he spoiled the frame of their kidneys, marred their backs,..sphacelated their shins. 1663Boyle Usef. Exp. Nat. Philos. ii. ii. 38 The inside of the abdomen looked as well neer black, as if it had been sphacelated. 1676Wiseman Surg. Treat. v. ix. 383 For the most part, the long retention of Matter sp[h]acelates the Brain.
2. intr. To become gangrenous or mortified.
1684tr. Bonet's Merc. Compit. xiv. 474 They render their Patients..lame of their Fingers ends, because the Bones do sphacelate. 1707Sloane Jamaica I. p. cxlvi, It sphacelated more and more and..he died. 1764Phil. Trans. LIV. 242 The lungs..were..here and there upon their surface beginning to sphacelate. 1829Cooper Good's Study Med. (ed. 3) III. 470 Sometimes the whole aneurismal swelling suddenly inflames, and sphacelates. 1899Allbutt's Syst. Med. VIII. 824 The tumour..then sphacelates and drops off.
Hence ˈsphacelating ppl. a.
1799Kentish in Beddoes Contrib. Phys. & Med. Knowl. (1799) 266 The same sphacelating tendency. 1822–7Good Study Med. (1829) III. 491 It often alternated from a sphacelating to an erysipelatous inflammation. |