dry gangrene

dry gangrene
noun
(pathology) gangrene that develops in the presence of arterial obstruction and is characterized by dryness of the dead tissue and a dark brown color
• Topics: ↑pathology
• Hypernyms: ↑gangrene, ↑sphacelus, ↑slough

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noun
: gangrene that develops in the presence of pure arterial obstruction, is sharply localized (as in an extremity or an udder), and is characterized by dryness of the dead tissue which is of a dark brown or black color and sharply demarcated from adjacent tissue by a line of inflammation

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death of tissue owing to arterial obstruction without subsequent bacterial decomposition and putrefaction.
[1930-35]

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dry gangrene,
gangrene in which the affected tissue becomes shriveled and discolored or black, losing all feeling, due to occlusion of an artery which cuts off circulation.

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