gas gangrene

noun

, Pathology.

a gangrenous infection developing in wounds, especially deep wounds with closed spaces, caused by bacteria that form gases in the subcutaneous tissues.

gas gangrene

gangrene resulting from infection of a wound by anaerobic bacteria (esp Clostridium welchii ) that cause gas bubbles and swelling in the surrounding tissues

First recorded in 1910–15

They both have symptoms of gas gangrene, and I am afraid one will lose an arm and the other a leg.

Calcium gluconate and gas gangrene antitoxin as well as antibiotics are helpful.

We have had a number of deaths from that awful gas gangrene; there is not much hope when that attacks them.

Gas-gangrene had set in and the stench was almost unendurable.

The next day the gas-gangrene appeared above the knee-joint.

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