traumatic gangrene. [ < scientific Latin traumatosaprosis (1844 or earlier) < traumato-traumato-comb. form + Greek σαπροῦν to putrefy (in scholia (medieval Greek or earlier) on Aristophanes Plutus 1086; < ancient Greek σαπρός putrid: see saprophagousadj.) + -σις-sissuffix.]
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1860 R. G. MayneExpos. Lexicon Med. Sci.Traumatosaprosis,..term for putrescence of a wound.