Sekirov Dictionary

gangrene

/ˈɡeɪ̯ŋˌɡɹin/

verb 3
noun 2
forms 3

verb3

•
To produce gangrene in.
- For where it chances to be successful, it is like the copper shot of the Mexicans, which gangrenes the wound. — 1851
•
To be affected with gangrene.
- The leg will gangrene if the superficial femoral vessels be torn. — 1911
•
To corrupt; To cause to become degenerate.
- The Stuart Restoration period was a necessary sequence of the Puritan period, and there is a similar cause for the sensualism that gangrenes the heart of our morbidly prudish Society of to-day. — 1889

noun2

•
The necrosis and rotting of flesh, usually caused by lack of blood supply.
- If gangrene sets in, we may have to amputate the foot.
•
(figurative) A damaging or corrupting influence.
- Women should earn equal wages with men for equal work done. Child marriages and polygamy are a gangrene on society. — 1960

forms

gangrened · gangrening · gangrenes

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