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

Derived forms: sphaceluses

See also: sphacelate

Type of: death, pathology

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spew
spew out
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SPF
sphacelate
Sphacele
Sphacele calycina
Sphacelotheca
Sphacelotheca reiliana
sphacelus
Sphaeralcea
Sphaeralcea coccinea
Sphaeralcea fasciculata
Sphaeralcea remota
Sphaeriaceae
Sphaeriales
Sphaerobolaceae
Sphaerocarpaceae
Sphaerocarpales
Sphaerocarpos