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dry gangrene

–noun
death of tissue owing to arterial obstruction without subsequent bacterial decomposition and putrefaction.

Origin:
1930–35
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dry gangrene  
n.  Gangrene that develops as a result of arterial obstruction and is characterized by mummification of the dead tissue and absence of bacterial decomposition.
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Main Entry: dry gangrene
Function: noun
: gangrene that develops in the presence of arterial obstruction, is sharply localized, and is characterized by dryness of thedead tissue which is sharply demarcated from adjacent tissue by a line of inflammation
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dry gangrene n.
Gangrene that develops as a result of arterial obstruction and is characterized by mummification of the dead tissue and absence of bacterial decomposition. Also called mummification.

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