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gangrene

noun
🔊/ˈɡæŋɡriːn/
🔊/ˈɡæŋɡriːn/
 [uncountable]
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  1. the decay (= a process of being destroyed) that takes place in a part of the body when the blood supply to it has been stopped because of an illness or injury坏疽
    • Gangrene set in and he had to have his leg amputated.他的腿生了坏疽，必须截除。🔊🔊
    Topics Illnessc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + gangrene
    • have
    • suffer from
    • develop
    • …
    gangrene + verb
    • set in
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    Word Originmid 16th cent.: via French from Latin gangraena, from Greek gangraina.