Gangrene — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass

the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply)

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ɡˈæŋɡɹɛn/

🇬🇧British English

/ɡˈaŋɡɹɛn/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɡˈaŋɡɹɛn/

2 syllables Say it as /ɡˈæŋɡɹɛn/.

Examples

the tissue around the wound necrosed

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

mortification necrosis slough sphacelate mortify necrose sphacelus

Parts of Speech

noun	necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass
noun	the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply)
verb	undergo necrosis “the tissue around the wound necrosed”

Word Forms

gangrenous	adjective	suffering from tissue death
gangrene	verb	undergo necrosis
sphacelate	verb	undergo necrosis
necrotic	adjective	relating to or affected by necrosis
mortify	verb	undergo necrosis
gangrene	noun	necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass
mortification	noun	the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply)
sphacelus	noun	necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Gangrän

nekrotisches Gewebe; ein abgetöteter oder gangränöser Teil oder Raum

🇫🇷French

gangrène

tissu nécrotique; une partie ou une masse mortifiée ou gangreneuse

🇪🇸Spanish

gangrena

tejido necrótico; una parte o masa mortificada o gangrenosa

🇮🇹Italian

cancrena

tessuto necrotico; una parte o una massa mortificata o in cancrena

🇳🇱Dutch

gangreen

necrotisch weefsel; een gekrenkt of gangreen deel of massa

🇵🇹Portuguese

gangrena

tecido necrótico; uma parte ou massa mortificada ou gangrenosa

🇷🇺Russian

гангрена

некротическая ткань; отмершая или гангренозная часть или масса

India

🇮🇳Hindi

अवसाद

परिगलित ऊतक; एक मृत या गैंग्रीनस भाग या द्रव्यमान

🇧🇩Bengali

গ্যাংগ্রিন

নেক্রোটিক টিস্যু; একটি ক্ষতিগ্রস্থ বা গ্যাংগ্রেনাস অংশ বা ভর

🇮🇳Tamil

குடலிறக்கம்

நெக்ரோடிக் திசு; ஒரு சிதைந்த அல்லது கும்பல் பகுதி அல்லது நிறை

🇮🇳Telugu

గ్యాంగ్రీన్

నెక్రోటిక్ కణజాలం; దెబ్బతిన్న లేదా గ్యాంగ్రేనస్ భాగం లేదా ద్రవ్యరాశి

🇮🇳Marathi

गँगरीन

नेक्रोटिक ऊतक; एक अपमानित किंवा गँगरेनस भाग किंवा वस्तुमान

🇮🇳Gujarati

ગેંગરીન

નેક્રોટિક પેશી; ક્ષતિગ્રસ્ત અથવા ગેંગ્રેનસ ભાગ અથવા સમૂહ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಗ್ಯಾಂಗ್ರೀನ್

ನೆಕ್ರೋಟಿಕ್ ಅಂಗಾಂಶ; ಮಾರ್ಟಿಫೈಡ್ ಅಥವಾ ಗ್ಯಾಂಗ್ರೀನಸ್ ಭಾಗ ಅಥವಾ ದ್ರವ್ಯರಾಶಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഗംഗ്രിൻ

necrotic ടിഷ്യു; ശോഷിച്ച അല്ലെങ്കിൽ ഗംഗ്രെനസ് ഭാഗം അല്ലെങ്കിൽ പിണ്ഡം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਗੈਂਗਰੀਨ

necrotic ਟਿਸ਼ੂ; ਇੱਕ ਦੁਖੀ ਜਾਂ ਗੈਂਗਰੇਨਸ ਹਿੱਸਾ ਜਾਂ ਪੁੰਜ

🇵🇰Urdu

گینگرین

necrotic ٹشو؛ ایک مورٹیفائیڈ یا گینگرینس حصہ یا ماس

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

坏疽

坏死组织；腐烂或坏疽的部分或肿块

🇯🇵Japanese

壊疽

壊死組織。潰された、または壊疽した部分または塊

🇰🇷Korean

회저

괴사조직; 괴로움을 겪은 부분이나 덩어리

🇻🇳Vietnamese

chứng hoại tử

mô hoại tử; một bộ phận hoặc khối lượng bị chết hoặc hoại tử

🇹🇭Thai

เนื้อตายเน่า

เนื้อเยื่อตาย ส่วนหรือมวลที่น่าสยดสยองหรือเน่าเปื่อย

🇮🇩Indonesian

ganggren

jaringan nekrotik; bagian atau massa yang malu atau gangren

🇲🇾Malay

gangren

tisu nekrotik; bahagian atau jisim yang mati rasa atau gangren

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

الغرغرينا

الأنسجة الميتة. جزء أو كتلة ميتة أو غرغرينا

🇮🇷Persian

قانقاریا

بافت نکروز؛ یک قسمت یا توده گانگرن یا مورتیده

🇹🇷Turkish

kangren

nekrotik doku; ipotekli veya kangrenli bir kısım veya kitle

🇮🇱Hebrew

נֶמֶק

רקמה נמקית; חלק או מסה מושחתת או גנגרנית

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