† sphaceln.
Obsolete. rare.
= sphacelus n.
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gangrenea1400
mortification?a1425
slayinga1425
superfluence?a1425
death?c1425
necrosis1583
sphacelus1585
gangrenation1598
sideration1625
sphacel1634
necrosy1657
sphacelation1657
necrobiosis1860
1634 T. Johnson tr. A. Paré Chirurg. Wks. ix. xv. 335 It [doting] happens..from a Gangreen or Sphacel.
1634 T. Johnson tr. A. Paré Chirurg. Wks. x. xx. 371 There sometimes followes a corruption and Sphacell of the fractured bones of the scull upon wounds of the head.
1849 in J. Craig New Universal Dict. ]
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