gangrenous

/'gæɳgrinəs/

Thân thiện

The doctor examined the patient's gangrenous foot.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Suffering from or affected by gangrene: Describes tissue that is dead or dying due to a lack of blood supply or a serious bacterial infection. It often implies a state of decay or necrosis.

Usage

• The word "gangrenous" is used as a descriptive medical adjective, typically placed before a noun (e.g., a gangrenous limb) or after a linking verb (e.g., the tissue became gangrenous). It describes a severe pathological condition.

Examples

• Adjective:
  • The surgeon had to amputate the gangrenous foot to prevent the infection from spreading.
  • Without immediate treatment, the wound became gangrenous.
  • A gangrenous appendix is a surgical emergency.

Advanced Usage

• "to turn gangrenous": to become affected by gangrene.
  • If the blood flow is not restored, the frostbitten fingers may turn gangrenous.

Variants and Related Words

• Gangrene (n): The death of body tissue due to a lack of blood flow or a serious bacterial infection.
  • The patient was diagnosed with dry gangrene.
• Gangrened (adj, less common): An archaic or less frequent form meaning affected by gangrene.

Synonyms

• Necrotic: Pertaining to the death of cells or tissue.
• Putrefying: Decaying or rotting, often with a foul smell (can be a broader, non-medical synonym in some contexts).

Antonyms

• Healthy: In a state of good health; not diseased.
• Viable: Capable of living or functioning successfully.

Related Phrases

• Gangrenous tissue: The specific dead or dying tissue.
  • The debridement procedure removes all gangrenous tissue.
• Gangrenous infection: An infection that leads to gangrene.
  • The bacteria caused a rapid, gangrenous infection.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. suffering from tissue death

Từ đồng nghĩa

• mortified