Gangrenous (Adjective)
Meaning
Suffering from tissue death.
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The doctor warned that the patient's gangrenous toe might have to be amputated to prevent further infection.
- If left untreated, the gangrenous wound would likely lead to septic shock and eventually death.
- After days of trying to treat the fungal infection, the farmer realized the apple core was now gangrenous and needed to be removed from the tree.
- In another extreme case, the hikers found a bear with a gangrenous limb, likely caused by a severe bacterial infection.
- The medical team gently cleaned the gangrenous flesh, hoping to preserve enough healthy tissue for successful skin grafts to take.