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Gangrene

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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'GANGRENE (from Gr. yayypatva, an eating sore, from ypaiveuv, to gnaw), a synonym in medicine for mortification, or a local death in the animal body due to interruption of the circulation by various causes.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Gangrene'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​g/gangrene.html. 1910.
 
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