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Definition of Sphacelate
1. Verb. Undergo necrosis. "The tissue around the wound necrosed"
Generic synonyms: Rot, Waste
Derivative terms: Gangrene, Mortification, Sphacelus, Sphacelus
Definition of Sphacelate
1. v. i. To die, decay, or become gangrenous, as flesh or bone; to mortify.
2. v. t. To affect with gangrene.
3. a. Affected with gangrene; mortified.
Definition of Sphacelate
1. Verb. (medicine) To affect with gangrene. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Sphacelate
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Sphacelate
Literary usage of Sphacelate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Manual of Botany for North America: Containing Generic and Specific by Amos Eaton (1836)
"... divisions of the calyx somewhat lax, sphacelate at the apex. ... of the calyx
scarcely sphacelate. A var. with the leaves somewhat glabrous above. ..."
2. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States: Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1897)
"... more or less sphacelate at the apex; stamen with a short thick filament, and
comparatively large 2-celled anther, dehiscent by lateral slits; ..."
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