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Meanings of gangrenous in English

Suffering from tissue death.

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Examples for "mortified"
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The liver was tolerably sound; but the lungs were black and mortified.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume...
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One said: Melanie contacted me as she was mortified by these claims.
News.com.au
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The silent Ricardi rose somewhat mortified; the other Ricardi wrung his hands.
Casanova's Homecoming
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It isn't every day I get to witness my best friend mortified.
Midnight caller
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The government was much mortified that the minority was so very considerable.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. / From the Acc...
Usage of gangrenous in English
1
There are two varieties of the disease, the convulsive and the gangrenous.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 392, July 7, 1883
2
I speak to Carre in veiled words of the troublesome, gangrenous leg.
The New Book of Martyrs
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The flesh was puss-filled, gangrenous, and should have stunk to high heaven.
The Killing Dance
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When the wound became gangrenous they had to cut off my hand.
The hangman's daughter
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The reaction of the gangrenous matter in certain stages was alkaline.
Andersonville: A Story of Rebel Military Prisons
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Fascia incisions of the gangrenous areas and antibiotic therapy administration were also performed.
Pubmed
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The weather was very warm, and soon the wound became gangrenous.
The Minute Boys of the Mohawk Valley
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There may be some leakage of fluid, followed by blackened and gangrenous lesions.
Climbing Magazine
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There were several livid spots on his legs and one toe was gangrenous.
Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
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More people with gangrenous wounds risk dying if they are not treated soon.
Reuters
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The face had split open and gangrenous flesh had been exposed.
The last four days of Paddy Buckley
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Otherwise the centre of the fillet will become gangrenous and die.
The Guardian
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Von Anhalt said her right leg had become infected and had swelled, turning gangrenous.
Reuters
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This portion of the bullet track was also gangrenous, the gangrene involving the pancreas.
A Supplement to A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the ...
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Or, to put it more simply, the wound is gangrenous.
King Rat
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Schutz speaks of regeneration of the penis after gangrenous destruction.
Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
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