'Gangrene' definitions:

Definition of 'gangrene'

From: WordNet
noun
Necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass [syn: gangrene, sphacelus, slough]
noun
The localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply) [syn: necrosis, mortification, gangrene, sphacelus]
verb
Undergo necrosis; "the tissue around the wound necrosed" [syn: necrose, gangrene, mortify, sphacelate]

Definition of 'Gangrene'

From: GCIDE
  • Gangrene \Gan"grene\, n. [F. gangr[`e]ne, L. gangraena, fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to gnaw, eat; cf. Skr. gras, gar, to devour, and E. voracious, also canker, n., 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Gangrene'

From: GCIDE
  • Gangrene \Gan"grene\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Gangrened; p. pr. & vb. n. Gangrening.] [Cf. F. gangr['e]ner.] To produce gangrene in; to be affected with gangrene. [1913 Webster]