From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Gangrene \Gan"grene\, noun [F. gangr['e]ne, L. gangraena, fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to gnaw, eat; cf. Skr. gras, gar, to devour, and E. voracious, also canker, noun, in sense 3.] (Med.) A term formerly restricted to mortification of the soft tissues which has not advanced so far as to produce complete loss of vitality; but now applied to mortification of the soft parts in any stage.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Gangrene \Gan"grene\, verb (used with an object) & i. [imp. & p. p. {Gangrened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Gangrening}.] [Cf. F. gangr['e]ner.] To produce gangrene in; to be affected with gangrene.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass [syn: {sphacelus}, {slough}]
2: the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply) [syn: {necrosis}, {mortification}, {sphacelus}]
verb
1: undergo necrosis; "the tissue around the wound necrosed" [syn: {necrose}, {mortify}, {sphacelate}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
69 Moby Thesaurus words for "gangrene": break up, canker, caries, carrion, corrupt, corruption, crumble, crumble into dust, dandruff, decay, decompose, decomposition, disintegrate, dry gangrene, dry rot, excrement, fall into decay, fall to pieces, fester, filth, foul matter, foulness, furfur, gas gangrene, go bad, go to pieces, mess, mildew, moist gangrene, mold, molder, mortification, mortify, muck, mucus, necrose, necrosis, necrotic tissue, noma, obscenity, ordure, pus, putrefaction, putrefy, putresce, putrescence, putrid matter, putridity, putridness, rancidity, rancidness, rankle, rankness, rot, rottenness, scurf, scuz, slime, slough, smut, snot, sordes, sphacelate, sphacelation, sphacelus, spoil, spoilage, suppurate, tooth decay
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