sphacelate

Verb
Synonyms: necrosegangrenemortify

Open English WordNet

Verb (1)sphacelated, sphacelating

  1. undergo necrosis“the tissue around the wound necrosed”Synonyms: necrosegangrenemortifyMore general waste, rot

Related words slough noun, sphacelus noun

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Sphac′e·late intransitive verb [past tense & past participle Sphacelated; present participle & verbal noun Sphacelating.]

Origin: NL. sphacelare, sphacelatum, mortify: cf. F. sphacéler. See Sphacelus.

Medicine To die, decay, or become gangrenous, as flesh or bone; to mortify.

Sphac′e·late transitive verb

Medicine To affect with gangrene.

Sphac′e·late, Sphac′e·la′ted adjective

Medicine Affected with gangrene; mortified.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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