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SPHACELATE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they sphacelate ... he / she / it sphacelates
Past simple: sphacelated
Past participle: sphacelated
-ing form: sphacelating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Undergo necrosis
Example:
the tissue around the wound necrosed
Synonyms:
gangrene; mortify; necrose; sphacelate
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "sphacelate" is one way to...):
rot; waste (become physically weaker)
Sentence frame:
Somebody's (body part) ----s
Derivation:
sphacelus (the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply))
sphacelus (necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass)
