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1. Necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass
   - sphacelus, slough
    
2. The localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply)
   - necrosis, mortification, sphacelus

1. Undergo necrosis
   "the tissue around the wound gangrened"
   - necrose, mortify, sphacelate

Derived forms: gangrening, gangrened, gangrenes

See also: gangrenous

Type of: death, pathology, rot, waste

Encyclopedia: Gangrene