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

In some cases, the wound may become infected with the bacteria that cause staph infections or gas gangrene.

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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