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Definition of Sphacelus
1. Noun. Necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass.
Generic synonyms: Pathology
Specialized synonyms: Cold Gangrene, Dry Gangrene, Mumification Necrosis, Mummification, Clostridial Myonecrosis, Emphysematous Gangrene, Emphysematous Phlegmon, Gangrenous Emphysema, Gas Gangrene, Gas Phlegmon, Progressive Emphysematous Necrosis
Derivative terms: Gangrene, Gangrenous, Sphacelate
2. Noun. The localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply).
Generic synonyms: Death
Specialized synonyms: Myonecrosis
Derivative terms: Gangrenous, Mortify, Necrotic, Sphacelate
Definition of Sphacelus
1. n. Gangrenous part; gangrene; slough.
Definition of Sphacelus
1. Noun. (medicine) gangrenous part ¹
2. Noun. (medicine) gangrene; slough ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Sphacelus
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Sphacelus
Literary usage of Sphacelus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal (1841)
"Two Cases of Rupture of the Carotid Artery from sphacelus. In a Letter to the
Editor. By Mr CJ MILL, Surgeon, Kirriemuir. ..."
2. A Memoir of James Jackson, Jr., M.D.: With Extracts from His Letters to His by James Jackson (1835)
"... looking very like sphacelus. The womb also was dark colored. There was an
hydatid attached to the left fallopian ..."
3. The London Medical Gazette (1846)
"MOORE ON PHAGEDENIC sphacelus. real nature of the accident had been wholly mistaken.
... OBSERVATIONS ON PHAGEDENIC sphacelus, OR HOSPITAL GANGRENE, ..."
4. The Half-yearly Abstract of the Medical Sciences: Being a Digest of British edited by William Harcourt Ranking, Charles Bland Radcliffe, William Dommett Stone (1856)
"In this memoir I report eight new cases of sphacelus (two of the finger, ...
It is, therefore, not always necessary to amputate in cases of sphacelus. 2. ..."
5. Manual of Plant Diseases by Paul Sorauer, Gustav Lindau, Ludwig Reh, Frances Dorrance (1922)
"BLIGHT (sphacelus). In contrast to the term "canker" which in general practice
is used for the heterogeneous phenomena of a gradually extending disease, ..."
6. The Retrospect of Medicine (1862)
"ANEURISM OF THE FEMORAL ARTERY— EMBOLIA—OBSTRUCTION BY sphacelus OF THE LEG AND
FOOT—AMPUTATION—RECOVERY. By Dr. A. LEITH ADAMS, Surgeon to the 22nd ..."
7. What to observe at the bed-side and after death in medical cases by London Medical Society of Observation (1853)
"Mortification— Gangrene—sphacelus, 618. External characters:—color of the part
affected; yellowish, ash-colored, livid, purple, greenish, brown, or black; ..."
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