Gangrene
Gangrene , noun
[French gangrène, Latin gangraena, from Greek {not transcribed}, from {not transcribed} to gnaw, eat; compare Sanskrit gras, gar, to devour, and English voracious, also canker, n., in sense 3.]
(Medicine) 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.
Gangrene , verb, transitive and intransitive
[Compare French gangréner.]
To produce gangrene in; to be affected with gangrene.