Sphacelus

Sphac´e`lus

n.

1.

(Med.) Gangrenous part; gangrene; slough.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	sphacelus - necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass gangrene, slough pathology - any deviation from a healthy or normal condition cold 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 clostridial myonecrosis, emphysematous gangrene, emphysematous phlegmon, gangrenous emphysema, gas gangrene, gas phlegmon, progressive emphysematous necrosis - (pathology) a deadly form of gangrene usually caused by clostridium bacteria that produce toxins that cause tissue death; can be used as a bioweapon
	2.	sphacelus - the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply) necrosis, gangrene, mortification death - the permanent end of all life functions in an organism or part of an organism; "the animal died a painful death" myonecrosis - localized death of muscle cell fibers