gangrenescentadj.
/ˌɡaŋɡrᵻˈnɛsnt/, U.S. /ˌɡæŋɡrəˈnɛsənt/ Becoming gangrenous. Also figurative.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > [adjective] > alteration of tissue > of nature of necrosis > affected with
cankerfretc1325
cankereda1398
mortified?a1425
gangrened1591
gangrenated1597
gangrenate1634
gangrenous1634
sphacelate1634
sphacelated1639
gangrenized1662
sphacelous1683
gangrenescent1759
mortifying1797
sphacelating1799
necrosed1821
necrotic1826
necrotizing1873
necrotized1929
1759 W. Hillary Observ. Changes Air & Dis. Barbados 133 We had not any Diseases which could be properly called epidemical, except the above-mentioned gangrenescent Boils on the Heads of Children.
1807 New Encycl. XIV. 257/2 Dark blackish spots on its surface, showing a strong gangrenescent diathesis.
1849 Millenial Harbinger 6 114 A Christian under the power of sin is gangrenescent.
1863 J. Y. Simpson Clin. Lect. Dis. Women 168 The part becomes gangrenescent, and is separated by a demarcating inflammatory process, as gangrenescent parts usually are.
1906 Mod. Med. 15 117/2 An antidiabetic regimen should be instituted in cases of gangrenescent inflammations.
1954 Yale French Stud. 13 24 Another, evidently a surgeon, has dreamt more prosaically about operating upon a patient with a gangrenescent thigh.
1980 M. Blunden & G. Blunden Impressionists & Impressionism (new ed.) 172/1 In April 1883, Manet's left foot was gangrenescent.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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