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Dry Gangrene

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Noun

1. cold gangrene, dry gangrene, mumification necrosis, mummification

(pathology) gangrene that develops in the presence of arterial obstruction and is characterized by dryness of the dead tissue and a dark brown color

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Dry Gangrene

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gangrene in which the involved body part does not become infected, but mummifies

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Dry Gangrene

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n.
Gangrene that is characterized by shriveling of the tissues in the absence of bacterial infection, usually caused by obstruction of arterial blood supply to the affected area.

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