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sphacelus
 
Noun sphacelus has 2 senses
  1. gangrene, sphacelus, slough - necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass
    --1 is a kind of pathology
    --1 has particulars:
     dry gangrene, cold gangrene, mumification necrosis, mummification; gas gangrene, clostridial myonecrosis, emphysematous gangrene, emphysematous phlegmon, gangrenous emphysema, gas phlegmon, progressive emphysematous necrosis
    Derived form: verb sphacelate1
  2. necrosis, mortification, gangrene, sphacelus - the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply)
    --2 is a kind of death
    --2 has particulars: myonecrosis
    Derived form: verb sphacelate1
spezialize spg sphacelate sphacelation sphacele sphacele calycina sphacelotheca sphacelotheca reiliana sphacelus sphaeralcea sphaeralcea coccinea sphaeralcea fasciculata sphaeralcea remota sphaeriaceae sphaeriales sphaerobolaceae sphaerocarpaceae

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