HyperDic: dry_gangrene

English > 1 sense of the expression dry gangrene:
NOUNstatedry gangrene, cold 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 > dry 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.
Synonymscold 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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