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‖ sphacelus Path.|ˈsfæsɪləs| Also 6 sphacilus. [med. or mod.L., ad. Gr. σϕάκελος gangrene, etc. Cf. It. sfacelo, Sp. and Pg. esfacelo, F. sphacèle sphacel.] 1. Necrosis, mortification; an instance of this.
1575Banister Chyrurg. iii. (1585) 488 If the malice of this ulcer..fall a creeping, it turneth to Sphacilus. 1600Surflet Countrie Farme ii. xlii. 256 The flying fire, the ringworme, the leprosie, the Gangrena, and Sphacelus. 1612Woodall Surg. Mate Wks. (1653) 379 A Gangrene is ever the forerunner of a Sphacelus. 1728Chambers Cycl. s.v., The Sphacelus is distinguished by the Lividness or Blackness of the Part affected. 1782W. Heberden Comment. xxxi. (1806) 154 Ending fatally in a sphacelus of the bowels. 1813J. Thomson Lect. Inflam. 519 Gangrene, gangrenous inflammation, or inflammation which shows a tendency to terminate in sphacelus. 1878T. Bryant Pract. Surg. I. 570 General inflammation of the pulp, following sooner or later on the previous condition and resulting in its sphacelus. 2. A mass of mortified tissue; a slough.
1880A. Flint Princ. Med. 52 A necrosed mass of tissue is called a sphacelus or slough. 1899Allbutt's Syst. Med. VI. 575 The sphacelus becomes black, dry and hard. |