gangrene

1. 1.

   necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass

   Synonymssphacelusslough

   Broaderpathology

   Narrowerdry gangrenegas gangrene
2. 2.

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

   Synonymsnecrosismortificationsphacelus

   Broaderdeath

   Narrowermyonecrosis

1. 1.

   undergo necrosis

   “the tissue around the wound necrosed”

   Synonymsnecrosemortifysphacelate

   Broaderwaste

Other forms of gangrene

plural

gangrenes·

past tense

gangrened·

present participle

gangrening·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about gangrene

What does gangrene mean?

gangrene means "necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in gangrene?

gangrene has 2 syllables: gan-grene. The stress falls on "gan". In IPA it is /ˈɡænɡɹin/.

What is another word for gangrene?

Close synonyms include sphacelus, slough, necrosis, mortification, sphacelus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is gangrene a common word?

gangrene is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.