1. Necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass
   - sphacelus, slough 
2. The localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply)
   - necrosis, mortification, sphacelus

1. Undergo necrosis
   - necrose, mortify, sphacelate

Derived forms: gangrenes, gangrened, gangrening

See also: gangrenous

Type of: death, pathology, rot, waste

Encyclopedia: Gangrene

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