sphacelous

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• sphacelous — Sloughing, gangrenous, or necrotic …   Medical dictionary

• sphacel —   n. gangrene.    ♦ sphacelate, v.i. & t. affect with gangrene; mortify; a. gangrenous.    ♦ sphacelation,    ♦ sphacelism, n.    ♦ sphacelous, a.    ♦ sphacelus, n. gangrene; necrosis …   Dictionary of difficult words