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Sphacelus definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SPHAC'ELUS, n.
1. In medicine and surgery, gangrene; mortification of the flesh of a living animal.
2. Caries or decay of a bone.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass [syn: gangrene, sphacelus, slough]
2: the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply) [syn: necrosis, mortification, gangrene, sphacelus]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Sphacelus Sphac"e*lus, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ????.] (Med.) Gangrenous part; gangrene; slough.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. (Med.) Gangrene, mortification.