the decay (= a process of being destroyed) that takes place in a part of the body when the blood supply to it has been stopped because of an illness or injury Topics Illnessc2坏疽 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + gangrene- have
- suffer from
- develop
- …
- set in
Word Originmid 16th cent.: via French from Latin gangraena, from Greek gangraina.