Overview of noun gangrene

The noun gangrene has 2 senses

• gangrene, sphacelus, slough -- (necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass)


• 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 sense

• necrose, gangrene, mortify, sphacelate -- (undergo necrosis; "the tissue around the wound necrosed")