1. The localized death of living cells, as from infection or the interruption of blood supply
   "Frostbite can lead to tissue gangrene if left untreated";
   - necrosis, mortification, sphacelus
    
2. Necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass
   "The patient's toe showed signs of gangrene";
   - sphacelus, slough

1. Undergo necrosis
   "the tissue around the wound gangrened";
   - necrose, mortify, sphacelate

Derived forms: gangrening, gangrenes, gangrened

Type of: death, pathology, rot, waste

Encyclopedia: Gangrene