gangrene (redirected from diabetic gangrene)

gan·grene  (gnggrn, gng-grn)

n.

Death and decay of body tissue, often occurring in a limb, caused by insufficient blood supply and usually following injury or disease.

tr. & intr.v. gan·grened, gan·gren·ing, gan·grenes

To affect or become affected with gangrene.

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[Medieval Latin cancrna, from Latin gangraena, gangrna, from Greek gangraina.]

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gangre·nous (gnggr-ns) adj.

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gangrene [ˈgæŋgriːn]

n

1. (Medicine / Pathology) death and decay of tissue as the result of interrupted blood supply, disease, or injury

2. moral decay or corruption

vb

(Medicine / Pathology) to become or cause to become affected with gangrene

[from Latin gangraena, from Greek gangraina an eating sore; related to Greek gran to gnaw]

gangrenous  [ˈgæŋgrɪnəs] adj

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gangrene  (gnggrn)

Death of tissue in a living body, especially in a limb, caused by a bacterial infection resulting from a blockage of the blood supply to the affected tissue.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	gangrene - necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass slough, sphacelus 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.	gangrene - the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply) necrosis, sphacelus, 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
Verb	1.	gangrene - undergo necrosis; "the tissue around the wound necrosed" necrose, sphacelate, mortify rot, waste - become physically weaker; "Political prisoners are wasting away in many prisons all over the world"

Translations

gangrene [ˈgæŋgriːn] N → gangrena f

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gangrene [ˈgæŋgriːn] n → gangrène f

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gangrene

n → Brand m, → Gangrän f or nt (spec)

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gangrene [ˈgæŋgriːn] n → cancrena

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gangrene [ˈgæŋgriːn] n → cancrena

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gangrene

n gangrene [ˈgӕŋgriːn]

the decay of a part of the body of a living person, animal etc, because the blood supply to that part of the body has stopped. gangreen غَنْغَرينَه гангрена sněť koldbrand der Brand γάγγραινα gangrena gangreen قانقاریا kuolio gangrène נֶמֶק मांस का सड़ाव gangrena üszkösödés luka membusuk drep í holdi cancrena えそ 괴저(壞疽), 탈저(脫疽) gangrena gangrēna kelemayuh gangreen koldbrann gangrena gangrena cangrenă гангрена sneť, gangréna gangrena gangrena kallbrand เนื้อร้าย kangren 壞疽 гангрена دوران خون کی رکاوٹ کے سبب کسی عضو کا گل جانا یا بالفعل مر جانا chứng hoại thư 坏疽

adj gangrenous [-grə-]

gangrenerig مُغَنْغَر، مُصاب بالغَنْغَرينَه гангренясвам postižený snětí der er gået koldbrand i brandig γαγγραινώδης gangrenoso kärbuv قانقاریایی kuolioinen gangreneux נָגוּע בְּנֶמֶק गैगरीन संबंधी gnjio, gangrenozan üszkös membusuk sem drep er í cancrenoso えその 회저에 걸린 gangrenuotas gangrenozs berkemelayuh gangreneus som det har gått koldbrann i zgangrenowany gangrenado cangrenos гангренозный sneťový gangrenozen gangrenozan kallbrandsartad, angripen av kallbrand ที่เป็นเนื้อร้าย kangrenli 壞疽性的 гангренозний گینگرینی (thuộc) chứng hoại thư 坏疽性的