Noun: dry gangrene drI'gang-green
- (pathology) gangrene that develops in the presence of arterial obstruction and is characterized by dryness of the dead tissue and a dark brown colour
"The patient's untreated frostbite led to dry gangrene in his toes";
- cold gangrene, mumification necrosis, mummification
Derived forms: dry gangrenes
Type of: gangrene, slough, sphacelus
Encyclopedia: Dry gangrene