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• gan|grene — «GANG green, gang GREEN», noun, verb, grened, gren|ing. –n. the decay and death of tissue when the blood supply of a living person or animal is interfered with by injury, infection, or freezing; mortification; necrosis. –v.t. to cause gangrene in …   Useful english dictionary

• grene — gan·grene; …   English syllables

• gan — alán·gan; al·lar·gan·do; an·or·gan·ic; ar·gan; ar·gan·ti·dae; ar·ro·gan·cy; bal·brig·gan; bal·lo·gan; ba·tan·gan; ber·gan; ber·gan·der; ber·ri·gan; bo·gan; bran·ni·gan; bro·gan; bu·gan; car·di·gan·shire; ca·yu·gan; chat·ta·noo·gan; cho·ro·te·gan; …   English syllables

• gangrene — gan·grene …   English syllables

• gangrene — gan•grene [[t]ˈgæŋ grin, gæŋˈgrin[/t]] n. v. grened, gren•ing 1) pat death of soft tissue due to obstructed circulation, usu. followed by decomposition and putrefaction 2) pat to affect or become affected with gangrene • Etymology: 1535–45; <… …   From formal English to slang

• gangrene — gan|grene [ˈgæŋgri:n] n [U] [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: gangraena, from Greek gangraina] a condition in which your flesh decays in part of your body, because blood has stopped flowing there as a result of illness or injury >gangrenous [ …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• gangrene — gan|grene [ gæŋ,grin, gæŋ grin ] noun uncount a serious medical condition in which a part of someone s body decays when the blood stops flowing to it because of an injury or disease …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• Gangrene — The death of body tissue due to the loss of blood supply to that tissue, sometimes permitting bacteria to invade it and accelerate its decay. The word gangrene comes from the Greek ganggraina denoting an eating sore that ends in mortification (of …   Medical dictionary

• Gangrene — Gan grene, n. [F. gangr[ e]ne, L. gangraena, fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to gnaw, eat; cf. Skr. gras, gar, to devour, and E. voracious, also canker, n., in sense 3.] (Med.) A term formerly restricted to mortification of the soft tissues which has not… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Gangrene — Gan grene, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Gangrened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Gangrening}.] [Cf. F. gangr[ e]ner.] To produce gangrene in; to be affected with gangrene. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English