Antonyms for gangrene

Grammar : Noun

Spell : gang-green, gang-green

Phonetic Transcription : ˈgæŋ grin, gæŋˈgrin

Definition of gangrene

Origin : 1540s, from Latin gangraena, from Greek gangraina "an eating or gnawing sore," literally "that which eats away," reduplicated form of gran- "to gnaw," from PIE root *gras- (see gastric).

As in putrefaction : noun decay
As in putrescence : noun decay
As in putridness : noun decay
As in spoilage : noun decay
As in decay : noun breaking down, collapse

Example sentences :

This bed was empty, because gangrene had set in, and the patient had died but yesterday.
Extract from : « The Uncommercial Traveller » by Charles Dickens

He thought there had been gangrene and that it was going to fall off.
Extract from : « The Autobiography of Madame Guyon » by Jeanne Marie Bouvier de La Motte Guyon

Of course, if gangrene occurs, the man is permanently invalided.
Extract from : « 1914 » by John French, Viscount of Ypres

If gangrene has set in and no doctor is available, then treat as a burn.
Extract from : « Manual of Military Training » by James A. Moss

Gangrene was in all the wards, the filth and foulness of the atmosphere were fearful.
Extract from : « Woman's Work in the Civil War » by Linus Pierpont Brockett

Only the new antibiotics he had taken along, had kept the gangrene from killing him.
Extract from : « The Planet Strappers » by Raymond Zinke Gallun

If a limb is rotting with gangrene, shall it not be cut away?
Extract from : « Tracks of a Rolling Stone » by Henry J. Coke

He died of a gangrene, occasioned by his fall from the pier of Calais.
Extract from : « The Diary of John Evelyn, Volume II (of 2) » by John Evelyn

Scurvy and gangrene frequently existed in the same individual.
Extract from : « Andersonville, Volume 3 » by John McElroy

We have Erysipelas, fever and gangrene, and the Russian wounded are the worst.
Extract from : « The Life of Florence Nightingale vol. 1 of 2 » by Edward Tyas Cook

Synonyms for gangrene

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