单词 | gangrenous |
释义 | gangrenous, a.|ˈgæŋgrɪnəs| [f. gangrene n. + -ous. Cf. F. gangréneux (16th c.).] 1. Having the nature of gangrene, or affected with it.
1612Woodall Surg. Mate Wks. (1653) 405 Such Pestilential Gangrenous spots after separate of themselves. 1732Arbuthnot Rules of Diet 291 Eruptions on the Skin, dark, livid, lead-colored and gangrenous. 1809Med. Jrnl. XXI. 455 The lungs were livid, with a gangrenous inflammation on their posterior part. 1865Ruskin Sesame 7 We call it ‘mortification’, using the same term which we should apply to a gangrenous and incurable wound. fig.1855Tait's Mag. XXII. 247 Lombardy is a gangrenous limb of Austria. 1880Burton Reign Q. Anne III. xx. 279 As there is a gangrene of the body..so is the intellect often tainted by gangrenous spots, that [etc.]. 2. Resembling a gangrened spot (in colour).
1824Galt Rothelan I. i. iii. 25 His complexion became of a gangrenous yellow. |

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