Affected with or of the nature of (a) canker; infected, ulcerated; gangrenous. Now historical.

Affected with or of the nature of canker or a canker (see canker, n. 1); of or relating to (a) canker. Now rare.

Medicine. Designating or relating to diseases attributed to putrefaction (of the humours, body fluids, etc.) or accompanied by a putrid odour (of…

Characteristic or symptomatic of gangrene; of the nature of gangrene; of or relating to gangrene.

Of or relating to gangrene. Obsolete. rare.

Of or relating to necrobiosis; of the nature of or characteristic of necrobiosis. Also in extended use.