Definition of gangrene

Overview of noun gangrene

The noun gangrene has 2 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)

1. gangrene, sphacelus, slough

(necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass)

2. necrosis, mortification, gangrene, sphacelus

(the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply))

Overview of verb gangrene

The verb gangrene has 1 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)

1. necrose, gangrene, mortify, sphacelate

(undergo necrosis; "the tissue around the wound necrosed")