sphacelate
English
Etymology 1
From sphacel (“gangrene”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Verb
sphacelate (third-person singular simple present sphacelates, present participle sphacelating, simple past and past participle sphacelated)
- (transitive, medicine) To affect with gangrene, cause to gangrene, mortify.
- (intransitive, medicine) To become gangrenous.
Derived terms
Translations
affect with gangrene
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Etymology 2
From sphacel + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
Adjective
sphacelate (not comparable)
- Affected with gangrene; gangrenous, necrotic.
- (botany) Dark and withered as though dead.