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noun necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass
noun the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply)
verb undergo necrosis
originBorrowed from French gangrène, from Latin gangraena, from Ancient Greek γάγγραινα (gángraina, “gangrene”).
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