1. (pathology) a deadly form of gangrene usually caused by clostridium bacteria that produce toxins that cause tissue death; can be used as a bioweapon
   - gas gangrene, clostridial myonecrosis, emphysematous gangrene, gangrenous emphysema, gas phlegmon, progressive emphysematous necrosis

Type of: gangrene, slough, sphacelus

• vena pulmonalis superior
• vena pylorica
• vena radialis
• vena rectalis
• vena renalis
• vena retromandibularis
• vena sacralis
• vena saphena
• vena scapularis dorsalis
• vena scrotalis
• vena sigmoideus
• vena spinalis
• vena sternocleidomastoidea
• vena stylomastoidea
• vena subclavia
• vena sublingualis
• vena supraorbitalis
• vena supratrochlearis
• vena temporalis
• vena testicularis
• vena thoracica
• vena thoracoepigastrica
• vena thyroidea
• vena tibialis
• vena trachealis