HyperDic: cold_gangrene

English > 1 sense of the expression cold gangrene:
NOUNstatecold gangrene, dry gangrene, mumification necrosis, mummification(pathology) gangrene that develops in the presence of arterial obstruction and is characterized by dryness of the dead tissue and a dark brown color
English > cold gangrene: 1 sense > noun 1, state
Meaning(pathology) gangrene that develops in the presence of arterial obstruction and is characterized by dryness of the dead tissue and a dark brown color.
Synonymsdry gangrene, mumification necrosis, mummification
CategorypathologyThe branch of medical science that studies the causes and nature and effects of diseases
Broadergangrene, sphacelus, sloughnecrotic tissue
Spanishgangrena seca
Catalangangrena seca

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