1. Noun
A term formerly restricted to mortification of the soft tissues which has not advanced so far as to produce complete loss of vitality; but now applied to mortification of the soft parts in any stage.
2. Verb
To produce gangrene in; to be affected with gangrene.
3. Noun
the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply)
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