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Sphacelate

adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Affected with gangrene; gangrenous, necrotic. not-comparable
  2. 2
    Dark and withered as though dead. not-comparable
Verb
  1. 1
    To affect with gangrene, cause to gangrene, mortify. transitive
  2. 2
    undergo necrosis wordnet
  3. 3
    To become gangrenous. intransitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From sphacel (“gangrene”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Etymology 2

From sphacel + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

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