† sphacelateadj.

Etymology: < medieval or modern Latin sphacelātus: see sphacelate v. and compare French sphacélé, Spanish esfacelado.

Obsolete. rare.

Sphacelated.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > [adjective] > alteration of tissue > of nature of necrosis > affected with

cankerfretc1325

cankereda1398

mortified?a1425

gangrened1591

gangrenated1597

gangrenate1634

gangrenous1634

sphacelate1634

sphacelated1639

gangrenized1662

sphacelous1683

gangrenescent1759

mortifying1797

sphacelating1799

necrosed1821

necrotic1826

necrotizing1873

necrotized1929

the world > plants > part of plant > growth, movement, or curvature of parts > [adjective] > permanent or discarded

shedc1430

deciduous1657

marcescent1727

fugacious1750

permanent1776

shrivelling1776

persisting1777

persistent1785

sphacelate1785

shedding1796

sphacelated1806

caducous1808

restant1828

fugitive1830

horarious1866

1634 T. Johnson tr. A. Paré Chirurg. Wks. xxvi. xxxi. 1064 Exhalations, lifted or raised up from any part which is gangrenate or sphacelate.

1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xxvi. 392 Having a cylindric..calyx, with the scales sphacelate or seeming mortified at top.

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sphacelatev.

/ˈsfasɪleɪt/

Etymology: < medieval or modern Latin sphacelāt-, stem of sphacelāre , < sphacelus sphacelus n. Compare French sphacéler (16th cent.).

Pathology.

1. transitive. To affect with sphacelus; to cause to gangrene or mortify.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > of tissue: become diseased [verb (transitive)] > alter tissue > affect with necrosis

gangrenate1532

gangrene1597

gangrenize1598

sphacelate1653

mortify1748

necrose1890

necrotize1909

1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 1st Bk. Wks. xxvii. 127 To some others he spoiled the frame of their kidneys, marred their backs,..sphacelated their shins.

1663 R. Boyle Some Considerations Usefulnesse Exper. Nat. Philos. ii. ii. 38 The inside of the abdomen looked as well neer black, as if it had been sphacelated.

1676 R. Wiseman Severall Chirurg. Treat. v. ix. 383 For the most part, the long retention of Matter sp [h] acelates the Brain.

2. intransitive. To become gangrenous or mortified.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > of tissue: become diseased [verb (intransitive)] > become affected by necrosis

gangrenize1598

mortify1603

gangrene1614

ganger1624

gangrenate1631

sphacelate1684

necrose1823

necrotize1906

1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician xiv. 474 They render their Patients..lame of their Fingers ends, because the Bones do sphacelate.

1707 H. Sloane Voy. Islands I. p. cxlvi It sphacelated more and more and..he died.

1765 Philos. Trans. 1764 (Royal Soc.) 54 242 The lungs..were..here and there upon their surface beginning to sphacelate.

1829 S. Cooper Good's Study Med. (ed. 3) III. 470 Sometimes the whole aneurismal swelling suddenly inflames, and sphacelates.

1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 824 The tumour..then sphacelates and drops off.

Derivatives

ˈsphacelating adj.

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