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What does gangrenous mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word gangrenous? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. Indicative of or afflicted with gangrene.
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In addition, the gangrenous areas on his toes had sloughed and been replaced almost entirely by healthy tissue.
The former RAF wireless operator developed sores while on marching duty that became gangrenous, causing his legs to be amputated.
This is an acute and ravaging gangrenous infection that affects children's mouths and faces.
Delayed diagnosis of acute cholecystitis can lead to gangrenous cholecystitis, gallbladder perforation, and biliary peritonitis.
In 1941 he treated a young Canadian for frostbite, and had to amputate the man's gangrenous fingers.
When the congelation is partial, those organs which have been completely frozen become gangrenous and are destroyed.

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