DRY GANGRENE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dry gangrene mean? 

• DRY GANGRENE (noun)
  The noun DRY GANGRENE has 1 sense:

1. (pathology) gangrene that develops in the presence of arterial obstruction and is characterized by dryness of the dead tissue and a dark brown color

  Familiarity information: DRY GANGRENE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DRY GANGRENE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(pathology) gangrene that develops in the presence of arterial obstruction and is characterized by dryness of the dead tissue and a dark brown color

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

cold gangrene; dry gangrene; mumification necrosis; mummification

Hypernyms ("dry gangrene" is a kind of...):

gangrene; slough; sphacelus (necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass)

Domain category:

pathology (the branch of medical science that studies the causes and nature and effects of diseases)