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hospital gangrene

 
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–noun
Pathology. a contagious, often fatal gangrene, esp. involving amputation stumps and war wounds, occurring usually in crowded, ill-kept hospitals, and caused by putrefactive bacteria.
Origin:
1805–15
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Main Entry: hospital gangrene
Function: noun
: gangrene prevalent in crowded hospitals before the development of modern sanitation
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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