gangrene

See also gangrène

English

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Etymology

From Latin gangraena (“gangrene”), from Ancient Greek γάγγραινα (gaggraina, “gangrene”), from γραίνειν (grainein, “gnaw”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ˈɡæŋˌɡriːn/

Noun

gangrene (countable and uncountable; plural gangrenes)

1. The necrosis or rotting of flesh, usually caused by lack of blood supply.

   If gangrene sets in, we may have to amputate the foot.

2. (figuratively) A damaging or corrupting influence.
   • 1960, Cora Vreede-de Stuers, The Indonesian woman: struggles and achievements

     Women should earn equal wages with men for equal work done. Child marriages and polygamy are a gangrene on society.

Translations

the necrosis or rotting of flesh

• Albanian: gangrenë (sq) f
• Arabic: غنغرينة (ar) (ġanġrīna) f, غرغرينا (ar) (ġanġrīnā) f
• Belarusian: гангрэна (be) (hanhréna) f
• Bulgarian: гангрена (bg) (gangréna) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 壞疽 (cmn), 坏疽 (cmn) (huàijū)

• Czech: gangréna (cs) f
• Danish: koldbrand (da) c
• Dutch: gangreen (nl) f
• Esperanto: gangreno
• Finnish: kuolio (fi), gangreeni (fi)
• French: gangrène (fr) f
• German: Gangrän (de) f
• Greek: γάγγραινα (el) (gángraina) f
• Hindi: कोथ (hi) (koth)
• Hungarian: gangréna (hu)
• Icelandic: ýldudrep (is) n, átudrep (is) n, brandur (is) m, kolbrandur (is) m, drep í holdi (is) n
• Italian: cancrena (it) f
• Japanese: 壊疽 (ja) (えそ, eso)
• Kazakh: гангрена (kk) (gangrena)

• Korean: 회저 (ko) (hoejeo) (壞疽 (ko))
• Macedonian: гангрена (mk) (gangréna) f
• Maori: kikohunga
• Norwegian: koldbrann (no)
• Persian: قانقاریا (fa) (qânqâryâ)
• Polish: zgorzel (pl) f, gangrena (pl) f
• Portuguese: gangrena (pt) f
• Romanian: cangrenă (ro) f
• Russian: гангрена (ru) (gangréna) f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: гангрена (sh) f

  Roman: gangrena (sh) f

• Slovak: gangréna (sk) f
• Slovene: gangrena (sl) f
• Spanish: gangrena (es) f
• Swedish: kallbrand (sv)
• Turkish: kangren (tr)
• Ukrainian: гангрена (uk) (hanhréna) f
• Vietnamese: bệnh thối hoại (vi)
• Welsh: madredd m

Verb

gangrene (third-person singular simple present gangrenes, present participle gangrening, simple past and past participle gangrened)

1. (transitive) To produce gangrene in.
2. (intransitive) To be affected with gangrene.

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Italian

Noun

gangrene f

1. Plural form of gangrena