Synonyms for gangrenous

Grammar : Adj

Spell : gang-green, gang-green

Phonetic Transcription : ˈgæŋ grin, gæŋˈgrin

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Définition of gangrenous

Origin : 1610s, from gangrene + -ous.

As in decayed : adj rotten, falling apart

Example sentences :

The reaction of the gangrenous matter in certain stages was alkaline.
Extract from : « Andersonville, Volume 3 » by John McElroy

I speak to Carre in veiled words of the troublesome, gangrenous leg.
Extract from : « The New Book Of Martyrs » by Georges Duhamel

Cameron found his gorge rise at the sight of the gangrenous ankle.
Extract from : « The Patrol of the Sun Dance Trail » by Ralph Connor

Never has this been tried—and man is ever at it—but what the end has been gangrenous and fatal.
Extract from : « The Great Illusion » by Norman Angell

Their brains are gangrenous with memories of cancelled malice.
Extract from : « Out To Win » by Coningsby Dawson

There are two varieties of the disease, the convulsive and the gangrenous.
Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 392, July 7, 1883 » by Various

In the production of gangrenous sloughs, it much resembles the descriptions usually given of sloughing ulcers.
Extract from : « North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 » by Various

If a man had a gangrenous foot would you have patience with anyone who hesitated to amputate it?
Extract from : « The Trembling of a Leaf » by William Somerset Maugham

Gangrenous condition of the tongue, proceeding from a disordered liver, and mysteriously communicated to the brain.
Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 8, May 21, 1870 » by Various

Apostema was abscess, ulcus any rather deep erosion, putredo a gangrenous condition, and casus the fall of the uvula.
Extract from : « Old-Time Makers of Medicine » by James J. Walsh

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