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Verb: sphacelate
  1. Undergo necrosis
    "the tissue around the wound sphacelated"
    - necrose, gangrene, mortify

Derived forms: sphacelated, sphacelating, sphacelates

See also: sphacelus

Type of: rot, waste

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spermophile
Spermophilus
spermous
Sperry
spessartine
spessartite
spew
spew out
spewer
SPF
sphacelate
Sphacele
Sphacele calycina
Sphacelotheca
Sphacelotheca reiliana
sphacelus
Sphaeralcea
Sphaeralcea coccinea
Sphaeralcea fasciculata
Sphaeralcea remota
Sphaeriaceae